Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mea he kaitautoko nui o te Rōpū Nazi, i tino akiaki a Ringel i te uniana o Austria me te Tiamana Tiamana, a, i muri i te Anschluss, ka uru atu ki te Wehrmacht me te 3rd Mountain Division. I te 1 o Hui-tanguru 1939, i whakatairangahia a Ringel ki te koromatua. I te tīmatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te 268th Infantry Division hei kaihautū rangatōpū, ā, i uru ia ki te
te pakanga ki te Uru.