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Friedrich Mieth

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Years of service
  
1906–44

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Friedrich Mieth

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of the Caucasus Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) †

Died
  
September 2, 1944, Iasi, Romania

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
112th Infantry Division, IV Army Corps

Friedrich Mieth (4 June 1888 – 2 September 1944) was a German general during World War II. In 1942, he commanded Army Group Don Rear Area. Mieth was killed in action on 2 September 1944 in Iaşi, Romania.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (17 September 1914) & 1st Class (11 March 1915)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 October 1939) & 1st Class (4 February 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 112. Infanterie-Division
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 2 November 1943 as General der Infanterie and commander of IV. Armeekorps
  • Oak Leaves on 1 March 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of IV. Armeekorps

    • References

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