Helmut Friebe
Helmut Friebe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 November 1894 |
| Died | 14 January 1970 (aged 75) |
| Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Branch | German Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 125th Infantry Division 22nd Air Landing Division LXIV Army Corps |
| Battles / wars | |
| 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 [1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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.