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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Male
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Birth:
4 November 1894(Namysłów)
Death:
14 January 1970(Friedrichshafen)
The details
Biography
Introduction
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
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.