Eugen Ritter von Schobert Military person

Eugen Siegfried Erich Ritter von Schobert (13 March 1883 – 12 September 1941) was a German general who served in World War I and World War II. He died in the Soviet Union when his observation plane crashed in a Soviet minefield.

Personal facts

Eugen Ritter von Schobert
Birth dateMarch 13, 1883
Birth place
German Empire , Kingdom of Bavaria , Würzburg
Date of deathSeptember 12, 1941
Place of death
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Military person

award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
House Order of Hohenzollern
Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
Military Order of Max Joseph
military operations
Operation Barbarossa
Spring Offensive
Battle of Verdun
World War II
Battle of France
World War I
military branch
Reichswehr
Wehrmacht
military command
11th Army (1940-1941)
17th Infantry Division (1935-1936)
33rd Infantry Division (1936-1938)
VII Army Corps (1938-1940)
service start1902
service end1941

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