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  • Ferdinand Schaal
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  • Ferdinand Friedrich Schaal (7 February 1889 — 9 October 1962) was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II. He commanded the 10th Panzer Division in the 1939 Invasion of Poland and directed the successful Siege of Calais in 1940. Later, he became involved in the unsuccessful July 20 plot against Adolf Hitler and the implementation of Operation Walküre that was to follow. For this, he was imprisoned until the end of the war.
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serviceyears
  • 1908
Birth Date
  • 1889-02-07
Commands
Branch
death place
  • Baden-Baden
Name
  • Ferdinand Friedrich Schaal
Birth Place
  • Brunswick, Lower Saxony
Title
  • Commander of LVI Panzer Corps
  • Commander of 10. Panzer-Division
Awards
death date
  • 1962-10-09
Rank
Battles
Before
  • none
Years
  • --03-16
  • --09-01
After
  • General der Infanterie Friedrich Hoßbach
  • General der Panzertruppen Wolfgang Fischer
abstract
  • Ferdinand Friedrich Schaal (7 February 1889 — 9 October 1962) was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II. He commanded the 10th Panzer Division in the 1939 Invasion of Poland and directed the successful Siege of Calais in 1940. Later, he became involved in the unsuccessful July 20 plot against Adolf Hitler and the implementation of Operation Walküre that was to follow. For this, he was imprisoned until the end of the war.