Friedrich Frisius
Friedrich Frisius | |
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| Born | 17 January 1895 German Cross in Gold |
Friedrich Frisius (17 January 1895 – 30 August 1970) was a German naval commander of World War II.
Life
Born in 1895 in
By 1939 he was a staff-officer of the Hamburg Kriegsmarine Service Centre (one of the other Kriegsmarinedienststellen, which were responsible for troop movements and the use of merchant shipping for the war office), and later moved to the Boulogne Service Centre. He remained in the area as commander of the
He died in
Frisius is best remembered for his tenacious and effective defense of Dunkirk. Against a background of accelerating strategic collapse by the Germans, he maintained a level of morale and effectiveness in his troops resembling that of the much more capable pre-1943 Wehrmacht. The last German offensive operation in France was Frisius's counterattack against the encircling Allied troops on the dawn of the 5 April 1945; while ultimately unsuccessful, it was strong enough to cause the Allies significant difficulties at the time. Dunkirk held out until 4 May 1945, just days before the general German surrender, and did not formally capitulate until the 9th.
Handbill from Allied aircraft thrown over the positions of German troops in Dunkirk in the month of April or in the very first days of May 1945. Pdf-file in two pages, original recto/verso :
WARNUNG ! An die deutschen Truppen in DÜNKIRCHEN ! Eure letzte Gelegenheit, Euch der Heeresgruppe Montgomery anzuschliessen, ist bald vorüber. Zeigt weisse Fahnen über Euren Stellungen ! Zur Besprechung der Übergabe wird Admiral Frisius oder ein beglaubigter Vertreter durch die alliierten Linien gelassen. ZG 130 (Google Translation: Your last opportunity to join Army Group Montgomery will soon be over. Show white flags over your positions! Admiral Frisius or an accredited representative will be allowed through the Allied lines to discuss the handover. ZG130)
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (16 September 1944)[3]
- Marineartillerie-Kriegsabz[verification needed] (30 September 1944) Festung Duenkirchen
References
- Citations
- ^ "Frisius, Friedrich". WW2 Gravestone. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ "Frisius, Friedrich - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ Patzwall Scherzer 2001, p. 124.
- Bibliography
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
External links
- Short biography
- VHU Praha : handbill also archived in Prague. Document "WARNUNG ! An die deutschen Truppen in Dünkirchen ! ..."
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