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A Charge to Keep. 1916.W.H.D. Koerner. Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev "Big Bill" Körner (November 1878 – August 11, 1938), also known as Wilhelm Heinrich Dethlef Koerner, William HD Koerner, WHDK, or W.H.D. Koerner, [1] was a noted illustrator of the American West whose works became known to new audiences when his painting, nicknamed A Charge to Keep, was used as the cover image for the ...
The III Army Corps / III AK (German: III. Armee-Korps ) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I . It was established in 1814 as the General Headquarters in Berlin ( Generalkommando in Berlin ) and became the III Army Corps on 3 April 1820.
The Battle of Charleroi, another of the frontier battles, was an action taking place 12–23 August 1914. The battle was joined by the French Fifth Army, advancing north towards the River Sambre, and the German Second and Third armies, moving southwest through Belgium. The Fifth army was meant to join the Third and Fourth armies in their attack ...
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and thus a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, and distant cousin to many British royals, such as Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III.
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments.The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes).
Killed in action 25 March 1945 [85] Karl Kloskowski: SS-Hauptscharführer: 4./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2: 11 July 1943: Awarded 546th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944 Missing in action 23 April 1945 [86] Walter Kniep: SS-Sturmbannführer: SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2: 14 August 1943: Killed on active service 22 April 1944 [87] —
E. F. K. Koerner (1939–2022), German and Canadian professor of linguistics Edith Körner (1921–2000), British magistrate, married to Stephan Körner, mother of Thomas William Körner Friedrich Körner (1921–1998), German World War II flying ace