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| Helmut Friebe | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1894-11-04)4 November 1894 |
| Died | 14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 75) |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1914–45 |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 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 kidnapping 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
References
Citations
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . 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.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byGeneral der Infanterie Wilhelm Schneckenburger | Commander of 125. Infanterie-Division 24 December 1942 – 31 March 1944 |
Succeeded bynone |
| Preceded byGeneralmajor Heinrich Kreipe | Commander of 22. Infanterie-Division (Luftlande) 1 May 1944 – 4 April 1945 |
Succeeded byGeneralmajor Gerhard Kühne |
| Preceded byGeneral der Artillerie Maximilian Grimmeiß | Commander of LXIV. Armeekorps 15 April 1945 – April 1945 |
Succeeded byGeneral der Artillerie Rudolf Freiherr von Roman |
- 1894 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Namysłów
- Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German Army 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