Heinz Fiebig
Heinz Fiebig (born March 23, 1897 in Zaborze / Upper Silesia , † March 30, 1964 in Seesen ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .
Military life
Fiebig joined the 2nd Replacement Battalion of the 3rd Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 156 shortly after the beginning of the First World War on August 21, 1914 . With this regiment he remained in various functions until the end of the war, including as platoon and company commander , and for a long time as battalion adjutant. In 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant , which he remained until the end of the war.
In the Weimar Republic he was accepted into the Reichswehr . He served in different units, most of the time in various functions in the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . He rose to become captain (1931).
After the takeover of the Nazi party in 1936 he was the Major , 1939. Lieutenant Colonel promoted. Fiebig worked as a trainer at the war school in Dresden from 1936 to 1939 .
At the beginning of the war in 1939 he was battalion commander in the 192 Infantry Regiment. The regiment was not used in the attack on Poland . During the western campaign in 1940, his unit fought in Holland, Belgium and France and then stayed in the country. At the end of 1940 his battalion was transferred to the 575 Infantry Regiment. Fiebig remained its commander until March 1941.
From March 1941 to June 1943 Fiebig was commander of the 448 Infantry Regiment ( 137th Infantry Division ), which was used in the war against the Soviet Union . He was then commander of the 4th Army weapons school until April 1944 . During this time he was briefly entrusted with the leadership of the 36th Infantry Division , later the 246th Infantry Division .
In April 1944, Fiebig was the leader reserve of OKH added and attended a Division leader course. From August 1944 he was temporarily in command of the 712th Infantry Division , before being given command of the 84th Infantry Division at the end of September 1944, and later on . He kept this command until the end of the war. During this period, the division was again smashed on the western front, and a planned re-formation did not take place.
On May 8, 1945, Fiebig was taken prisoner of war and was released in 1947.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Silesian eagle II level
- Cross of honor for front fighters
- German Olympic medal of honor 2nd class
- Wehrmacht service award IV. To I. class
- War Merit Cross (1939) 2nd class with swords
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on February 28, 1942
- Infantry assault badge in silver on March 18, 1942
- Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42 on July 16, 1942
Web links
- Major General Heinz Fiebig ( memento from October 26, 2009 on WebCite ) at Axis Biographical Research (English; in the WebCite archive)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 156
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 130.
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| SURNAME | Fiebig, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and major general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaborze |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1964 |
| Place of death | Seesen |