<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uGangl wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-Oberfeldwebel ngoNovemba 1938. Kusukela ngo-October 1939 kwakufanele afunde esikoleni sabaphathi beWehrmacht. Kodwa-ke, ibutho lakhe kwakudingeka limiswe eSaar-Palatinate emngceleni waseFrance, ukulungiselela impi. Lapho, ngo-September 7, 1939, amabutho ayishumi nanye aseFrance, anobubanzi obungamakhilomitha angu-25, awela umngcele futhi athuthuka cishe amakhilomitha angu-8 angena ensimini yaseJalimane. Nokho, bahamba ngemva kwamasonto amabili beyalwe uGamelin. Lesi kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala sokulwa kukaGangl eMpini Yezwe II. UGangl wachitha izinyanga eziyisithupha ezibhedlela ezinyangeni ezalandela zeMpi Yomgunyathi. Wabuyela eqenjini lakhe ngoMeyi 14, 1940, futhi wabamba iqhaza emkhankasweni wasentshonalanga. Lapho wakhonza njengomkhuzi weqembu lokuhlola le-25th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht. Ngemva KweSivumelwano Sokuqedwa Kwezikhali SaseCompiègne  <response>: , wayengumqeqeshi emnyangweni wokushintsha izibhamu 25. Ngemuva kwekhefu elifushane ekhaya ngo-Agasti 1940, wayengumfundisi esikhungweni esiseTaus e-Protectorate yaseBohemia naseMoravia. Waqala ukuqeqeshwa inyanga eyodwa esikoleni sezikhali eJüterbog ngoNovemba 25, 1940. 