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{{Infobox person|name=August Sorko|image=August Sorko 2.jpg|birth_date= | {{Infobox person|name=August Sorko|image=August Sorko 2.jpg|birth_date=8 August 1891|birth_place=[[Klagenfurt]], [[The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council (1867–1918)|Cisleithania]], [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austria-Hungary]]|death_date=19 July 1941 (aged 49)|death_place=[[Makhnivka (village)|Komsomolske]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]|death_cause=}} | ||
'''Franz August Sorko''' ( | '''Franz August Sorko''' (8 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austrian]] lieutenant colonel who served in the [[Wehrmacht]] during [[Second World War|World War II]]. He participated in the [[German invasion of Poland|German invasions of Poland]] (1939), [[Operation Weserübung|Norway]] (1940), and the [[Operation Barbarossa|Soviet Union]] (1941) as the commander of the 2nd Battalion (dubbed the "Sorko Battalion" or the "Sorko Group") of the [[137th Mountain Jäger Regiment]] of the [[2nd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|2nd Mountain Division]].<ref>https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Gebirgsjagerregimenter/GJR137-R.htm</ref> Sorko died on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] in July 1941, one month into Operation Barbarossa.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=|newspaper=[[Völkischer Beobachter]]|title=Gau Kärnten|date=1941-08-01|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201054250/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-date=2023-02-01|retrieved=2023-02-01}}</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
[[File:August Sorko 1.png|left|thumb|218x218px|Photo of Sorko, published in the Völkischer Beobachter.]] | [[File:August Sorko 1.png|left|thumb|218x218px|Photo of Sorko, published in the Völkischer Beobachter.]] | ||
[[File:August Sorko 3.jpg | [[File:August Sorko 3.jpg|thumb|218x218px|none]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class]] | |||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Iron Crown (3rd Class)]] | |||
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| Born | 8 August 1891 Klagenfurt, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 July 1941 (aged 49) Komsomolske, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Franz August Sorko (8 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an Austrian lieutenant colonel who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He participated in the German invasions of Poland (1939), Norway (1940), and the Soviet Union (1941) as the commander of the 2nd Battalion (dubbed the "Sorko Battalion" or the "Sorko Group") of the 137th Mountain Jäger Regiment of the 2nd Mountain Division.[1] Sorko died on the Eastern Front in July 1941, one month into Operation Barbarossa.[2]
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- ↑ https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Gebirgsjagerregimenter/GJR137-R.htm
- ↑ "Gau Kärnten" (1941-08-01). Völkischer Beobachter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-01.