Ferdinand Sch%C3%B6rner

Ferdinand Schrner was a General and later Field Marshal in the German Army during World War II. He was one of onlypeople to be awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, awarded for extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership.

Schrner was born onJune 1892 in Munich in the Kingdom of Bavaria, a federated state of the German Empire. A noted veteran of World War I, he was awarded the Pour le Mrite military order as a lieutenant when he took part in the AustroHungarian and German Caporetto Offensive, which shattered the Italian lines in the fall of 1917.

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