00:00The last one to be appointed, Field Marshal, on April 5, 1945, was Ferdinand Schoener, born in Munich in 1892
00:08and originating from the Bavarian Infantry.
00:12He was a staunch National Socialist, had won the Golden Party badge since 1943, and was considered Hitler's favorite general.
00:21In the Second World War, Schoener commanded several army groups, one after another, and was notorious for his brutal enforcement
00:28of discipline and his almost slavish execution of Hitler's rigid defensive orders.
