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5 unusual facts about oberst


Colonel Kurt Von Strohm

Von Strohm is a Colonel, which is similar to the rank of the Oberst in the Wehrmacht.

Eberhard Köllner

He later became the Director of the Airforce Academy of the German Democratic Republic in the rank of an Oberst ("Colonel"), following the reunion of Germany he refused to be transferred to the (West) German Bundeswehr.

Rüdiger Döhler

In 1993 he was promoted to his last rank, Surgeon Captain (OF-5).

SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer

SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned SS rank with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, which was a special rank held by Heinrich Himmler.

Himmler's successor, Karl Hanke, never held the rank of Oberst-Gruppenführer, but was appointed Reichsführer-SS from the lower grade of Obergruppenführer.


Alfred Schieske

Among the stage roles played by Schieske were Milota in König Ottokars Glück und Ende, Klesel in Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg, Oberst Henry in Wilhelm Herzog's play about the Dreyfus Affair and Phil Cook in The Country Girl by Clifford Odets.

Battle of the Bridge of Arcole

Alvinczi reinforced Mittrowsky to a total of 14 battalions, including the brigades of Schübirz and Oberst Franz Sticker, and instructed him to advance south from Arcole.

Edgar Petersen

Siegfried Knemeyer, a subordinate of Oberst Petersen, who later served with the United States Air Force for over 30 years

Eugene Oberst

Oberst then served as director of the school's V-12 Navy training program from 1942 to 1946.

Gentleman's Pact

The EP was included as a pre-order bonus to Oberst's second solo album, Outer South, by iTunes in May 2009.

Jason Boesel

On May 5 Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band released their second album Outer South - in which Boesel wrote and sings lead for two tracks.

LISTSERV

The original Listserv software, the Bitnic Listserv (also known as BITNIC LISTSERV) (1984–1986), allowed mailing lists to be implemented on IBM VM mainframes and was developed by Ira Fuchs, Daniel Oberst, and Ricky Hernandez in 1984.

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1

Based at Ziese, Holland, the unit were part of the 1st Night Fighter Division under Oberst Josef Kammhuber.

Neva Dinova

In a 2007 interview, Conor Oberst revealed that his favorite album to record was One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels with Neva Dinova, and proceeded to talk about them.

Nik Freitas

He has also participated with Oberst's back-up band, the Mystic Valley Band, performing two of his own songs on their new album Outer South.

Peter Böhler

The character of Peter Böhler is portrayed by actor Bill Oberst, Jr. in the 2009 feature film Wesley opposite Burgess Jenkins as John Wesley.

Polkovnik

In the film The Eagle Has Landed, Michael Caine wears the uniform and insignia of a pulkownik while in secret being an oberst in the German Luftwaffe.

Second Battle of Târgu Frumos

Immediately thereafter Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Ju87 Stukas led off a counter thrust by "Totenkopf's" Panzerregiment, accompanied by...four SPWs.

The Desert Peach

The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel's fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel (1900–1990), nicknamed the "Desert Peach".

Todd Fink

The members of Commander Venus were Conor Oberst, Tim Kasher, Todd Baechle and Robb Nansel.

Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven

Wessel Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven (10 November 1899, Groß-Born, Courland Governorate – 26 July 1944, Mauerwald, East Prussia), was a colonel in the High Command of the German Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) and a member of the German Resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler (Widerstand).


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