!!!Dankl von Krasnik, Viktor ab 1917 Freiherr, 1918 Graf

b. Udine (Italy), Sept. 18, 1854, 
d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Jan. 8, 1941, important Austro-Hungarian General 
and army commander in  World War I. In 1914 the 1st Austro-Hungarian 
Army under D.'s command defeated Russia's 4th Army at Krasnik 
(Poland); in 1915 Defence Commander for the Tyrol, in 1916 commander 
of the 11th Army in the South Tyrol offensive; in June 1916 relieved 
of his command, in 1918 became field marshal. After the war, served as 
patron of the construction of the monument at the outer gates to the 
Imperial Court in Vienna.

!Literature
L. Pastor, General-Oberst v. D., 1916; Oesterreichische 
Wehrzeitung Nr. 37, 1934; OeBL; NDB.



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