Franz Griesbach

Franz Griesbach
Born	(1892-12-21)21 December 1892
Died	24 September 1984(1984-09-24) (aged 91)
Place of birth	Brück
Place of death	Lage
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	I./Infanterie-Regiment 391 Grenadier-Regiment 399
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Other work	Teacher

Franz Griesbach (21 December 1892 – 24 September 1984) was a German Generalmajor, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (22 December 1914)
  • 1st Class (23 August 1917)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 October 1941)
  • 1st Class (22 November 1941)
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
• Eastern Front Medal
• Crimea Shield
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 14 March 1942 as Major and commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 391
  • 242nd Oak Leaves on 17 May 1943 as Oberst and commander of the Grenadier-Regiment 399
  • 53rd Swords 6 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of the Grenadier-Regiment 399
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th class
• War Merit Cross, Second Class with Swords

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges (in German). Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives]. Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.

External links

• Franz Griesbach @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Franz Griesbach @ Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945
• Franz Griesbach @ World War 2 Awards.com
• Franz Griesbach @ Axis Biographical Research
• Franz Griesbach @ Universität Magdeburg

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Walther Krause	Commander of 170. Infanterie-Division 15 February 1944 – 16 February 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Siegfried Haß