Hans Müller

Hans Müller was a German officer of the Wehrmacht who fought in WW2. He is uncle to Peter Müller.

Biography
Müller was born in rural Bavaria, 1892. He joined the Imperial German Army as an officer when he turned 18 in 1910, and fought in WW1 on the Eastern and later Western Front. He married a woman in 1912 and had 7 children with her. After the war, he left the army to return to Bavaria and work on his family's hop garden. When the National Socialists rose to power, Müller felt he had no choice but to support him as he was a conservative but did not trust any other party to represent his interests. Müller was however filled with a renewed sense of patriotism after seeing the country begin to prosper again, and he joined the Wehrmacht as an officer in 1937, along with his nephew, Peter.

Müller would fight in WW2. He would be moved around a lot as the war required soldiers in different areas, so he would fight in the Battle of France, in the invasion of the USSR, the invasion of Italy, during the invasion of Normandy and finally the Battle of Berlin. He would somehow survive the war, despite seeing almost constant action throughout it. However, he would spend many years in a soviet gulag until he died of starvation in 1950.

Personality
Müller was respected highly by those who fought with him, as he was a wise, older man that fought in the Great War. He was intelligent and took his job seriously, but was not happy to see Germany go to war against the world again in 1939. This would mean that he would always come across as brooding and cynical when discussing the nature of the conflict. Müller was also an incredibly lucky man. Numerous times in his military career he would come exceedingly close to death, but somehow survive. By the end of the war, Müller had lost four entire squads to the enemy, which would also contribute to his constant misery.