Friedrich Adrario Military person

Friedrich Adrario (29 November 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and Generalmajor in the Bundesheer. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Adrario was captured by American troops in 1945. After the war he returned to his native Austria. In 1956 he joined the postwar Bundesheer retiring in 1983 as a General Major. He died in Vienna, Austria in June 2011.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 29, 1918
Birth place
Italy , South Tyrol
Date of deathJune 15, 2011
Place of death
Vienna , Austria

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)
Second Austrian Republic
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of Poland
Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
Operation Overlord
Operation Atlantic
Operation Spring
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
World War II
Battle of France
Battle for Caen
Battle of Verrières Ridge
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
Austrian Armed Forces
military commandPanzer-Jagd-Abteilung 272
service start1937
service end1937

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/A/AdrarioF.htm
  2. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/A/Ad/Adrario-Friedrich.htm
  3. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/1267