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Name
  
Friedrich Materna


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Born
  
21 June 1885Hof, Mahren (
1885-06-21
)

Allegiance
  
Austria–Hungary (to 1918) First Austrian Republic (to 1938) Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1904–1938 (Austria)1938–1944 (Germany)

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Austria)General der Infanterie (Germany)

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War II

Died
  
November 11, 1946, Vienna, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Service/branch
  
Austrian Armed Forces, Wehrmacht

Commands held
  
45th Infantry Division, XX Army Corps

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Friedrich Materna (21 June 1885 – 11 November 1946) was a General in the Bundesheer (Austrian Federal Army) in the 1930s and the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.

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He became a general-major in the Austrian army in 1935, and he was also a part of the Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung (Federal Ministry of Defence), in which he acted as Head of the Training Department.

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After the Anschluss he was incorporated into the Wehrmacht, where from 1938 to 1940, he commanded the 45. Infanterie-Division. Between 1940 and 1942, he commanded the XX Armeekorps, and from 1942 to 1943, the Military District XVII.

Between 1943 and 1944, he was held in reserve, and, in 1944, he retired from the Army.

He died in 1946.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (15 December 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 45. Infanterie-Division

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