Johannes Frießner
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Johannes (Hans) Friessner
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Born | Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
22 March 1892
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, West Germany |
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Service/ |
Imperial German Army Reichswehr Wehrmacht |
Years of service | 1911–1945 |
Rank | Generaloberst |
Commands held | XXIII. Armeekorps |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Johannes Friessner (22 March 1892 – 26 June 1971) was a German general during World War II.
Born in Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, Friessner enlisted in the German Army in 1911 and, after seeing extensive duty during World War I, served in the Reichswehr following the war.
After his promotion to Generalmajor on 1 August 1940, during World War II, Friessner was assigned to the Eastern Front where, on 1 May 1942, he would be placed in command of the 102nd Infantry Division. Shortly after his promotion to Generalleutnant on 1 October 1942, Friessner served as commander of the XXIII Corps from 19 January to 11 December 1943 (during which time he was promoted General der Infanterie on 1 April).
In February 1944, Friessner was transferred to the Northern Front and assigned command to Sponheimer Group (renamed army detachment "Narva" on 23 February). Winning promotion to Generaloberst on 1 July, Friessner held briefly command of Army Group North until 25 July before being sent to the southern front to command South Ukraine Army Group (later renamed the Army Group Southeast). Unable to halt the four month Soviet offensive by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian Front, Friessner was relieved of his command on 22 December. Holding no further command for remainder of the war, Friessner would live in retirement in Bayerisch Gmain until his death on 26 June 1971.
In 1951, he was the chairman of the Verband deutscher Soldaten (Union of German Soldiers). During the early 1950s he was active in advising on the redevelopment of the German army: Bundeswehr (see Searle's Wehrmacht Generals). In 1956, Friessner wrote Verratene Schlachten (Betrayed Battles), a memoir of his tour of command of the South Ukraine Army Group.
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Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Order of the Crown, 4th class (Prussia)
- Knights Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry (Saxony, 27 November 1916)
- Knight's Cross Second Class of the Saxon Order of Albert with swords
- Wound Badge in Black (1918)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 9 June 1943 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzerkorps[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (29 November 1944)
- War Merit Cross (1939) 1st and 2nd class with Swords
Wehrmachtbericht reference
Date | Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording | Direct English translation |
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29 November 1944 | Deutsche Truppen haben zusammen mit den verbündeten ungarischen Streitkräften unter dem Oberbefehl des Generalobersten Frießner seit dem 29. Oktober dem fast ununterbrochenen Ansturm von 61 Divisionen und 7 Panzerkorps der Bolschewisten und Rumänen standgehalten.[5] | German forces together with the allied Hungarian armed forces under the command of Colonel General Friessner have since 29 October withstood the almost continuous onslaught of 61 divisions and 7 armored corps of the Bolsheviks and Romanians. |
References
Citations
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Bibliography
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- Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament, 1949-1959. Praeger Pub.
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External links
- Johannes Frießner in the German National Library catalogue
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by
Generalmajor Werner von Räsfeld
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Commander of 102. Infantrie-Division 1 May 1942 – 19 January 1943 |
Succeeded by General Otto Hitzfeld |
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Carl Hilpert
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Commander of XXIII. Armeekorps January 1943 – 7 December 1943 |
Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Hans Freiherr von Funck |
Preceded by
Generaloberst Georg Lindemann
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Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord 4 July 1944 – 23 July 1944 |
Succeeded by Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner |
Preceded by
Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein
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Commander of Army Group South 23 September 1944 – 28 December 1944 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Otto Wöhler |
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- 1892 births
- 1971 deaths
- People from Chemnitz
- Wehrmacht generals
- German military personnel of World War I
- Military personnel of Saxony
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Knights of the Military Order of St. Henry
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- Knights 2nd class of the Albert Order
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross, 1st class
- World War II prisoners of war held by the United States
- People from the Kingdom of Saxony