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The Iron Cross was established by King Frederick William III of Prussia on 17 March 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. This award is commonly referred to as EK 1813 (from Eisernes Kreuz, Iron Cross in German). The medal was backdated to the birthday of the King’s late wife Queen Louise, on 10 March. She was the first person to ever receive this ...
Iron Cross, , Prussian military decoration instituted in 1813 by Frederick William III for distinguished service in the Prussian War of Liberation. Use of the decoration was revived by William I for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, recreated in 1914 for World War I, and last revived by Adolf Hitler on Sept. 1, 1939, the same day that German forces invaded Poland.
Apr 16, 2018 · Cross of Iron’s mind-blowingly audacious ending, with the continuous laughter of our hero played over the closing images of stock footage of horrific war and death (before returning, even more powerfully, to the German children’s folk song), it brought to mind for me the closing statement of Tobe Hooper’s whoppingly important 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in which we’re left with ...
No Ending: At the end, Sgt. Steiner and Capt. Stransky are fighting together for survival during the final Soviet assault. When they cross the railroad tracks, Stransky shoots two Soviets, emptying the magazine of his MP-40. He trips and falls, and Steiner shouts at him to get up.
Sep 18, 2001 · Cross of Iron (1977 UK/West Germany 119mins). Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Anglo-EMI (London)/Rapid Film (Munich)/Terra Filmkunst (West Berlin) Prod: Wolf Hartwig Dir: Sam Peckinpah Scr: Julius J. Epstein and Herbert Asmodi, from the novel A Willing Flesh by Willi Heinrich Phot: John Coquillon Ed: Tony Lawson, Mike Ellis Herbert Taschner Art Dir: Ted Haworth, Brian Ackland Snow Mus: Ernest Gold ...
The Iron Cross Second Class had been awarded to 5,000,000 members of the army. The total numbers of war awards in 1914-1918, including award for services in eastern border protection, were 218,000 Iron Crosses First Class and 5,196,000 Iron Crosses Second Class. Almost every third soldier of the First World War received the Iron Cross.
Cross of Iron. Germany, 1943. Experienced Sergeant Steiner, fighting on the Eastern Front, has lost all illusions about the meaning of war. The fanatical Captain Stransky, on the other hand, is still convinced of the "final victory". Due to an order of Stransky, Steiner and his men get behind the Russian front.
