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  2. Cross of Iron - Wikipedia

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    Steiner is wounded and sent to a military hospital. After his hospital stay, characterized by flashbacks and a romantic liaison with a nurse, played by Senta Berger, Steiner is offered a home leave but decides instead to return to his men. There he learns Stransky has been nominated for an Iron Cross for the counterattack Meyer had led.

  3. Breakthrough (1979 film) - Wikipedia

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    Breakthrough, also released as Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2 and Sergeant Steiner [2] is a 1979 war film set on the Western Front, specifically the Normandy coastline. [3] The picture is a sequel to Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron, and includes several characters from that film.

  4. The Willing Flesh - Wikipedia

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    The literary and cinematic "Sergeant Steiner" character may be based upon Johann Schwerdfeger (b. 24 November 1914, in Plein bei Wittlich) who soldiered from 1935 to 1937 in Infanterie Regiment 84, and in 1939 was transferred to the Third Company of Infanterie Regiment 186 of the 73rd Infantry Division, at the Polish Campaign's start.

  5. Felix Steiner - Wikipedia

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    Felix Martin Julius Steiner (23 May 1896 – 12 May 1966) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions and corps. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

  6. List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients - Wikipedia

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    The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded. Broken out into sub lists are the recipients of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, one list for every year between 1940 and 1945 the award was presented. Also listed separately are the alphabetical lists of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients.

  7. Willi Heinrich - Wikipedia

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    Willi Heinrich (9 August 1920 – 2005) was a German author and soldier. During the Second World War he fought in the 101st Jäger Division, which suffered massive losses on the Eastern Front, and his combat experiences inspired his first successful novel, Das geduldige Fleisch (1955), published in English translation as The Willing Flesh in the United Kingdom and as The Cross of Iron in the ...

  8. Steiner (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Steiner is a German surname ... Rolf Steiner, fictional German Platoon Sergeant in the Sam Peckinpah directed World War II film Cross of Iron; Rudy Steiner, ...

  9. Hänschen klein - Wikipedia

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    The melody is used in the war movie Cross of Iron (1977). [2] In the German-language version of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the computer HAL 9000 sings "Hänschen klein", while an astronaut shuts it down. [3]