Helmut Friebe

Helmut Friebe
Born (1894-11-04)4 November 1894
Died 14 January 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 75)
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Army
Years of service 1914–45
Rank Generalleutnant
Commands held 125th Infantry Division
22nd Air Landing Division
LXIV Army Corps
Battles/wars World War II
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

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Wilhelm Schneckenburger		 Commander of 125. Infanterie-Division
24 December 1942 – 31 March 1944		 Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Generalmajor Heinrich Kreipe		 Commander of 22. Infanterie-Division (Luftlande)
1 May 1944 – 4 April 1945		 Succeeded by
Generalmajor Gerhard Kühne
Preceded by
General der Artillerie Maximilian Grimmeiß		 Commander of LXIV. Armeekorps
15 April 1945 – April 1945		 Succeeded by
General der Artillerie Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
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