__NOTOC__ Werner Hühner (13 August 1886 – 10 February 1966) was a general in the

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during

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who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the

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on 18 April 1943 as ''

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'' and commander of 61st Infantry Division Fellgiebel 2000, p. 196.

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