Martin Bieber

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Years of service 1917–20 1934–45 Service/branch German Army Role Military officer		Name Martin Bieber Rank Generalmajor
Born 10 November 1900 Tabarz ( 1900-11-10 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kursk Died October 19, 1974, Dusseldorf, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 62nd Volksgrenadier Division Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France

Martin Bieber (10 November 1900 – 19 October 1974) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. Born in Tabarz, he was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Bieber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until October 1955. He passed in Dusseldorf in 1974.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 November 1917) & 1st Class (22 September 1918)

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (23 January 1935)

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)

West Wall Medal (20 April 1940)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 June 1940) & 1st Class (24 June 1940)

Wound Badge (1939) in Silver (15 February 1942)

Eastern Front Medal (18 August 1942)

German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Major in II./Infanterie-Regiment 167

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 28 July 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 184

Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Divisionsgruppe 86

References

Martin Bieber Wikipedia

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