The life of Ferdinand Sch ner, the evaluation of Ferdinand Sch ner

German veterans have pointed out that in 1945 Schöner executed soldiers hiding behind the lines without court-martial, as mentioned in the writings of Hans von Luck and Siegfried Knappe. From 1944 to 1945, Gottlob H., an infantry officer under the command of Schöner, served as an infantry officerIn his memoirs, Bidermann described Schöner's contempt for officers and soldiers alike, often arbitrarily punishing or demoting soldiers (some say that they were punished for neglecting their work, and thus retaliated and spread rumors in the army), even towards the end of the war.

Schönerr is also considered to have great admiration for Hitler, mainly after Hitler appointed Schönerr as commander-in-chief of the army at the end of the war, and in his affirmation of Hitler's erroneous strategic judgment, which led Hitler to believe that the Red Army's goal was Prague rather than Berlin. Schöner's military ability was not obvious because he was too late as the commander of the army group, but he was not much in charge of the front, and he could defend for a long time under the enemy's superior forces, which made him deeply respected by Hitler and the Nazi high-brass.

The nickname "Bloodthirsty Schöner" was put forward by Franz Ritter von Epp, a German veteran who fought in the Battle of Verdun, and described Schönerr as "Hitler's most brutal field marshal". To this day, there is no unified assessment of Schöner's treatment of his soldiers, whether he left his post without permission, and whether he was a loyal follower of Nazism.

Ferdinand Schellner (12 June 1892 – 2 July 1973), born in Munich, was a German field marshal. He fought in the First World War, as a young officer, and in 1941 he became the commander of the Mountain Division and participated in the invasion of Greece. In 1942, he was appointed commander of the 19th Mountain Army, which invaded the Arctic region of the Soviet Union, in 1943, he was appointed commander of the 40th Panzer Army in Ukraine, and in 1944, he was successively Chief of Staff of the National Socialist Command Staff of the Army General Headquarters, Commander of Army Group South Ukraine, and Commander of Army Group North.

In January 1945, he was appointed commander of the ** Army Group, and in April he was appointed commander-in-chief of the army, and was promoted to marshal. After the war, he was imprisoned in the USSR for 10 years as a war criminal. He was released to West Germany in 1955.

In 1957, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for killing East German soldiers. He was released in 1960 for health reasons. He died in Munich in 1973.