Friedrich Wiese

Friedrich Wiese
Born	5 December 1892 Nordhastedt, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	13 February 1975(1975-02-13) (aged 82) Giessen, Hessen, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Imperial German Army Freikorps Police (Polizei) Army (Wehrmacht)
Years of service	1914–1918 1918–1919 1919–1935 1935–1945
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands	26th Infantry Division XXXV Army Corps VIII Army Corps 19th Army XI Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Heinrich Friedrich Wiese (5 December 1892 – 13 February 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht who commanded the 19th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class (15 February 1916)
  • 1st Class (29 September 1918)
• Wound Badge (1918) in Black
• The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 22 December 1934
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class
• Sudetenland Medal
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class (3 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (16 June 1940)
• German Cross in Gold (18 February 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal in August 1942
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 14 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 39
  • 372nd Oak Leaves on 24 January 1944 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the XXXV. Armeekorps

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.