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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.