- Walter Fries
Infobox Military Person
name=Walter Fries
lived =birth date|1894|4|22|df=y — death date and age|1982|8|6|1894|4|22|df=y
placeofbirth= Güsternheim/Dillkreis
placeofdeath=Weilburg an der Lahn
caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German EmpireGerman Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|GermanyWeimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1912-1945
rank=General der Panzertruppe
commands=29th Panzergrenadier Division
XXXXVI. Armeekorps
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Walter Fries (
22 April 1894 –6 August 1982 ) was a GermanGeneral of the tank troops, serving duringWorld War II .Adolf Hitler requested his death sentence in March 1945 for abandoning theFortress Warsaw . The court did not follow this request and the verdict ruled not guilty.Awards
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Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
*Infantry Assault Badge
*Wound Badge in Black
*German Cross in Gold
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (14 December 1941 )
** 378. Oak Leaves (29 January 1944 )
** 87. Swords (11 August 1944 )
* Mentioned two times in theWehrmachtbericht References
* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.External links
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/F/FriesW.htm Walter Fries @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
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