Helmut Friebe
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Helmut Friebe | |
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| Born | 4 November 1894 |
| Died | 14 January 1970 (aged 75) |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Army |
| Years of service | 1914–45 |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands held | 125th Infantry Division 22nd Air Landing Division LXIV Army Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Relations | Werner Friebe |
Helmut Friebe (4 November 1894 – 14 January 1970) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LXIV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He took up his command in Crete in May 1944 after the kidnap of General Kreipe by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Bill Stanley Moss working with Cretan andartes.
Awards and decorations[]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 August 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 164 [1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.
Bibliography[]
- (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Namysłów
- People from the Province of Silesia
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German military personnel of World War I
- Reichswehr personnel
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States
- Prussian Army personnel
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class