Friedrich Materna

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Friedrich Materna (1885-1946) was a General in the Bundesheer (the Austrian Federal Army) in the 1930's and the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.

He became a Generalmajor in the Austrian army in 1935, where he was a part of the Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung (Federal Ministry of Defence). In the Ministry of Defence he acted as Head of the Training department.

After the Anschluss he was incorporated into the Wehrmacht where from 1938-40 he commanded the 45th Infantry Division. Between 1940 and 1942 he held the command of the XX Korps, and from 1942 to 1943 Military District XVII.

Between 1943 and 1944, he was held in reserve, and afterwards, in 1944, he retired from the Army.

He died in 1946.

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  • Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5
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