Friedrich Breith

Friedrich Breith (1943)

Friedrich Breith (born May 25, 1892 in Kirchheimbolanden ; † July 9, 1982 ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II and the last commander of the 4th Mountain Division .

Life

Friedrich Breith joined the army as a flag junior in 1910 . He then served in the 5th Royal Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment and switched to staff service in 1916.

From October 1937 he was in command of the 35th Artillery Regiment in the 35th Infantry Division in Karlsruhe without being involved in combat operations. In mid-April 1940 he gave command to Colonel Hans Wulz . From then until December 1941 he was artillery commander 127 (Arko 127) on the Eastern Front . As the first commander of Artillery School I, he was only promoted to major general in April 1942 and a year later to lieutenant general. From July 1944 he was commander of the 4th Mountain Division, with interruptions until the end of the war.

Friedrich Breith was taken prisoner by the Soviets and was only released in 1955.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb : Field Marshal General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb: Diary entries and assessments of the situation from two world wars . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1976, ISBN 978-3-421-01740-6 , p. 179 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
↑ Friedrich Breith in the German Digital Library
^ ^A ^b Anton Weissteiner: In a lost position: "South Tyroleans on distant fronts: memories of the Second World War". Athesia, 2004, p. 69. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
^ Wolf Keilig : The German Army, 1939-1945: structure; Use, staffing . Podzun, 1956, p. 144 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
^ Bavaria (Germany) War Ministry: Ordinance sheet of the Royal Bavarian War Ministry . Printed in the K. Bavarian War Ministry, 1916, p. 3922 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
^ Joachim Engelmann, Horst Scheibert: German Artillery: 1934-1945. Documentation in text, sketches and pictures . CA Starke, 1974, p. 35 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
^ Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 268 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Breith, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kirchheimbolanden
DATE OF DEATH	July 9, 1982

[:0-1] A ^b ^c Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb : Field Marshal General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb: Diary entries and assessments of the situation from two world wars . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1976, ISBN 978-3-421-01740-6 , p. 179 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).

[2] Friedrich Breith in the German Digital Library

[:1-3] A ^b Anton Weissteiner: In a lost position: "South Tyroleans on distant fronts: memories of the Second World War". Athesia, 2004, p. 69. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[4] Wolf Keilig : The German Army, 1939-1945: structure; Use, staffing . Podzun, 1956, p. 144 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).

[5] Bavaria (Germany) War Ministry: Ordinance sheet of the Royal Bavarian War Ministry . Printed in the K. Bavarian War Ministry, 1916, p. 3922 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).

[6] Joachim Engelmann, Horst Scheibert: German Artillery: 1934-1945. Documentation in text, sketches and pictures . CA Starke, 1974, p. 35 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).

[7] Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 268 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).