Ferdinand Schörner

Ferdinand Schörner
Ferdinand Schörner
	Schörner in 1941
Commander-in-Chief of the German Army
	In office; 30 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Adolf Hitler
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	12 June 1892; Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	2 July 1973 (aged 81); Munich, West Germany
Political party	Nazi Party
Civilian awards	Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP
Signature
Nickname(s)	Blutiger Ferdinand (Bloody Ferdinand); Ungeheuer in Uniform (Monster in uniform)
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Imperial German Army; Reichsheer; German Army
Years of service	1911–1945
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands	Army Group South; Army Group North; Army Group Centre
Battles/wars	See battles World War I Battle of Caporetto; ; World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Lwów; ; Battle of Greece Battle of Metaxas Line; Battle of Tempe Gorge; Battle of Thermopylae; ; Battle of Crete; Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Nikopol-Krivoi Rog Offensive; ; Operation Bagration Lublin-Brest Offensive; ; Battle of Romania Second Battle of Târgu Frumos; ; Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive; Tallinn Offensive; Moonsund Landing Operation; Courland Pocket; ; Vistula-Oder Offensive; Lower Silesian Offensive; Upper Silesian Offensive; Battle of Berlin Battle of Bautzen; ; Prague Offensive; ;
Military awards	Pour le Mérite; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973) was a German military commander who held the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded several army groups and was the last Commander-in-chief of the German Army.

Schörner was a dedicated Nazi and became well known for his ruthlessness. By the end of World War II, he was Hitler's favourite commander. Following the war he was convicted of war crimes by courts in the Soviet Union and West Germany, and was imprisoned in the Soviet Union, East Germany and West Germany.

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