Helmut Friebe | |
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Born | 4 November 1894 |
Died | 14 January 1970 | (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.