  eduard freiherr von bÃ¶hm-ermolli (12 february 1856 â 9 december 1941) was an austrian general during world war i who rose to the rank of field marshal in the austro-hungarian army. on october 30, 1940 he was promoted into a german general-fieldmarshal. ==biography== eduard bÃ¶hm was born in the italian city of ancona where his father served with a small representative detachment of the austro-hungarian army. his father, georg bÃ¶hm (1813â1893), had as a sergeant won a battlefield commission for bravery after the battle of novara in 1849, been promoted to the rank of major upon his retirement in 1877. he was elevated to hereditary nobility in september 1885. in june 1885, he received permission to attach his wife's (maria josepha ermolli) maiden name to his family name, and hence the family was known as "von bÃ¶hm-ermolli". bÃ¶hm-ermolli was trained at the cadet academy in st. pÃ¶lten and the theresian military academy in wiener neustadt and entered the service on 1 september 1875 as a lieutenant in the dragoons. he served in a variety of line and staff positions, steadily rose through the ranks, being promoted to general of the cavalry on 1 may 1912 and appointed commanding general of the 1st army corps in krakÃ³w. at the start of world war i, bÃ¶hm-ermolli was given command of the austrian 2nd army, which was intended for action on the serbian front. after the russian empire mobilised, the 2nd army was diverted to the russian front, where it reinforced the armies of austria's german ally. bÃ¶hm-ermolli was promoted to generaloberst in may 1916 and to feldmarschall in january 1918. in march 1918, his forces occupied the ukraine. his army group was dissolved at odessa at the war's end. he then settled
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