Years of service 1910–45 Commands held 30e corps d'armee Service/branch German Army | Name Maximilian Fretter-Pico Rank General der Artillerie | |
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Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II Relations Otto Fretter-Pico (brother) Died April 4, 1984, Kreuth, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Similar People Johannes Friesner, Rodion Malinovsky, Issa Pliyev | ||
Battles and wars World War I, World War II | ||
Maximilian Fretter-Pico (6 February 1892 – 4 April 1984) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
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Biography
Fretter-Pico was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Fretter-Pico entered service in 1910 with the Prussian Army and served in World War I. During the inter-war years, he remained in the German military; in 1938, he was posted to Turkey as a military attaché. During Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, Fretter-Pico commanded the 97th Jäger Division in Army Group South. On 27 December 1941, he was given command of XXX Corps, which participated in the Battle of Sevastopol in southern Ukraine. Fretter-Pico was promoted to a full general in June 1942. He remained the commanding officer of XXX Corps until mid-1944, and then commanded the 6th Army for the remainder of the year. In March 1945, he was given command of IX Corps, an under-strength reserve unit. He surrendered to the American forces on 22 April 1945 and was interned until 1947. Fretter-Pico died at Bad Wiessee in Bavaria, Germany.