Werner Friebe

Werner Friebe
Born	(1897-07-12)12 July 1897 Namslau
Died	8 March 1962(1962-03-08) (aged 64) Stuttgart
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	8. Panzer-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Brody (1941) Battle of Uman Battle of Stalingrad Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Helmut Friebe

Werner Friebe (12 July 1897 – 8 March 1962) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded 8. Panzer-Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Werner Friebe was captured by British troops in May 1945 and was released in 1948. Werner Friebe was the younger brother of Generalleutnant Helmut Friebe, who was also a Knight's Cross recipient.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
Cross of Honor
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (19 September 1939)
- 1st Class (2 October 1939)
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold (30 May 1942)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 April 1944 as Oberst and commander of 8. Panzer-Division ^[1]

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World War 2 Awards.com
Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich	Commander of 8. Panzer-Division 1 April 1944 – 21 July 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich

v t e Related recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Brothers	Adolf Borchers Hermann Borchers and Walter Borchers Georg von Boeselager (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Philipp von Boeselager Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin and Hubertus von Bonin Hellmut von der Chevallerie and Kurt von der Chevallerie (Oak Leaves) Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff and Werner von Erdmannsdorff Hermann Fegelein (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Waldemar Fegelein Friedrich Foertsch and Hermann Foertsch Maximilian Fretter-Pico (Oak Leaves) and Otto Fretter-Pico Helmut Friebe and Werner Friebe Adolf Galland (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) and Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland Rudolf Geisler (Oak Leaves) and Siegfried Geisler Helmut Haugk and Werner Haugk Otto Heger and Rudolf Heger Hartmut von Hößlin and Roland von Hößlin Alfred Jodl (Oak Leaves) and Ferdinand Jodl Friedrich Kittel and Heinrich Kittel Günther von Kluge (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Wolfgang von Kluge Eckardt Köppen and Gerhard Köppen (Oak Leaves) Boris Kraas and Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger and Walter Krüger (Oak Leaves & Swords) Albrecht Lanz and Hubert Lanz (Oak Leaves) Erhard Milch and Werner Milch Johann Pflugbeil and Kurt Pflugbeil (Oak Leaves) Franz Schlieper and Fritz Schlieper Hans-Jürgen Stumpff and Horst Stumpff Gerd Suhren and Reinhard Suhren (Oak Leaves & Swords)

Brothers-in-law	Kurt von Tippelskirch (Oak Leaves) and Curt Gallenkamp

Cousins	Ernst Lindemann and Georg Lindemann (Oak Leaves) Franz Ruhl and Heinrich Setz (Oak Leaves) Hans Graf von Sponeck and Theodor Graf von Sponeck Siegfried Weber and Werner Winter

Father and son	Rudolf von Bünau (Oak Leaves) and Rudolf von Bünau Heinz Guderian (Oak Leaves) and Heinz-Günther Guderian Franz Kornprobst and Otto Kornprobst Kurt von Tippelskirch (Oak Leaves) and Adolf-Hilmar von Tippelskirch Albrecht Wüstenhagen and Albrecht Wüstenhagen

Father and son-in-law	Karl Dönitz (Oak Leaves) and Günther Hessler Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Erich Dethleffsen Erich von Manstein (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Edel-Heinrich Zachariae-Lingenthal Erhard Milch and Joachim Schlichting Hans-Jürgen Stumpff and Karl-Günther von Hase

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