The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner

Schörner, Ferdinand

Field Marshal

* 12th of May 1892

† 2nd of July 1973

Promotions

1937-03-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-08-27 Honorary Colonel
1940-01-30 Colonel
1941-12-17 Major-General
1942-02-28 Lieutenant-General
1943-05-15 General of Mountain Troops
1944-05-20 Colonel-General
1945-04-05 Field Marshal

Service

1936-05-14 1937-10-12 Attached to 3rd Section, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1937-10-12 1940-05-24 Commanding Officer 98th Mountain Regiment [Poland]
1940-05-24 1940-05-31 Unemployed
1940-05-31 1940-06-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Mountain Division [France]
1940-06-01 1942-01-15 General Officer Commanding 6th Mountain Division [France - Greece - Lapland]
1942-01-15 1942-12-XX General Officer Commanding Mountain Corps Norwegen [Lapland]
1942-12-XX 1943-10-23 General Officer Commanding XIX Mountain Corps [Lapland]
1943-10-23 1943-10-30 Unemployed
1943-10-30 1943-11-25 Attached to Army Group A
1943-11-25 1944-02-01 General Officer Commanding XXXX Panzer Corps [Eastern Front]
1944-02-01 1944-03-02 Unemployed
1944-03-02 1944-03-15 General Officer Commanding 17th Army [Eastern Front]
1944-03-15 1944-03-31 Chief of National-Socialist Leadership Staff, Army High Command OKH
1944-03-31 1944-05-06 Acting Commander in Chief Army Group A [Eastern Front]
1944-05-06 1944-07-23 Commander in Chief Army Group South Ukraine [Eastern Front]
1944-07-23 1945-01-17 Commander in Chief Army Group North [Eastern Front]
1945-01-17 1945-01-25 Commander in Chief Army Group A [Eastern Front]
1945-01-25 1945-05-08 Commander in Chief Army Group Centre [Eastern Front]
1945-04-30 1945-05-08 Commander in Chief of the Army
1945-05-08 1945-05-15 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1945-05-15 1952-02-XX Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1952-05-08 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-01-17 Released
1957-10-15 Condemned to 4½ years imprisonment by a German Court
1960-08-04 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300883