Pavle Jurišić Šturm

Pavle Jurišić Šturm KCMG
Chief of the Security and First General Adjutant
In office 1908–1913
Monarch	Peter I
Preceded by	Božidar Terzić
Succeeded by	Petar Bojović
Personal details
Born	Paulus Sturm (1848-08-08)August 8, 1848 Görlitz, Province of Silesia, Prussia
Died	January 13, 1922(1922-01-13) (aged 73) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Resting place	New Cemetery Belgrade
Spouse(s)	Savka Jurišić (1881–1884; her death) Jelena Jurišić (?–1922; his death)
Alma mater	Land Forces Military Academy
Profession	Army officer
Religion	Protestant (former) Orthodox
Awards	Order of the Star of Karageorge with Swords Order of the White Eagle Order of the Crown of Italy Order of the Crown of Belgium Order of Iron Cross
Military service
Nickname(s)	Šturm
Allegiance	Prussia  German Empire Principality of Serbia  Kingdom of Serbia  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Service/branch	Serbian Army
Years of service	1867 – 1875 1876 – 1900 1901 – 1921
Rank	General
Commands	Serbian 3rd Army
Battles/wars	Franco-Prussian War Serbo-Turkish War Serbo-Bulgarian War First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I

Pavle Jurišić Šturm KCMG (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Јуришић Штурм; August 8, 1848 – January 13, 1922) was a Serbian general most known for commanding the Serbian 3rd Army in World War I. Born in Prussian Silesia, of ethnic Sorb (Slavic) origin, he and his brother moved to Serbia and joined the Serbian army. Šturm was one of the most important commanders in the Serbian army in World War I, especially during its first two years, the time when his 3rd army was main support either for the 2nd army during the battle of Cer, or for the 1st army during the battle of Kolubara.

Paulus Sturm, an ethnic Sorb (a Slavic people also known as "Wends"), was born and raised in Görlitz (Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc, Lower Sorbian: Zgórjelc), in Prussian Silesia.

He and his brother Eugene (Evgenije) finished the royal Prussian military academy in Breslau (Wrocław), and participated in the Franco-Prussian War. They later resigned their commissions and moved to the Principality of Serbia, prior to the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), in order to lecture at the Serbian Military Academy in Belgrade. With the outbreak of the war, the two brothers joined the Serbian Army as volunteers. He also fought in the Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885) as commander of a regiment.

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