Friebe, Werner (8. Panzer-Division)
- Date of birth:
- July 12th, 1897 (Droschkau/Upper Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 8th, 1962 (Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
23.03.1916 Leutnant
01.12.1925 Oberleutnant
01.09.1933 Hauptmann
01.03.1937 Major
01.04.1939 Oberstleutnant
01.10.1941 Oberst
June 1st, 1944: Generalmajor.
Career:
August 26th, 1939: Ia 20. Inf.Div. (mot.);
January 7th, 1941: Chef des Generalstabes XXXXXVIII. Panzerkorps;
January 1st, 1943: Führer-Reserve OKH;
January 5th, 1943: kdrt. als Gen.St.s.Offz. zu den Div.Fhr.Lehrgängen;
April 1st, 1944: Kdr. 8. Pz.Div.;
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Kreuz für Verdienste im Kriege
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- November 19th, 1915
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Chef des Generalstabes, XXXXVIII. Panzerkorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 30th, 1942
According to the Officer Evaluation report the awarding date is 3-6-1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Führer, eines gepanzerten Verbandes, 8. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1944
In the following weeks the Kampfgruppe would achieve notable successes in the sector of the XXXXVIII. Panzer-Korps. It helped free the trapped 361. Infanterie-Division near Brody, supported the hard-pressed Korps-Abteilung C, destroyed numerous Soviet units and assisted in the relief of the Tarnopol garrison.
Ultimately, over the course of a single month, Panzerverband Friebe would be credited with destroying/capturing…
168 tanks and assault guns
187 artillery pieces
142 anti-tank guns
540 mines
19 mortars
56 anti-tank rifles
38 MGs
4 AA guns
2000+ enemy dead
530 prisoners
The commanding 4. Panzer-Armee said the following of its commander in the aftermath of the battle…
“The successes of the formation are first and foremost thanks to Oberst i.G. Werner Friebe. He fulfilled the requirements of an armoured Kampfgruppe commander like no other, and his boldness inspired the entire unit to achieve the extraordinary.”
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2009.
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Axis Biographical Research
- Officer Evaluation report from the Bundesarchiv
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