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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.


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