{{Short description|German general}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person | name = Friedrich Sixt | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|10|28|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|8|4|1895|10|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Munich, German Empire | death_place = Munich, West Germany | image = | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = <!---- {{flag|German Empire}} <br/>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} <br/>---->{{flag|Nazi Germany}} | branch = {{army|Nazi Germany}} | service_years = 1914–1945 | rank = ''Generalleutnant'' | commands = 50th Infantry Division<br/>5. Jäger-Division<br/>CI Army Corps | unit = | battles = World War II <!--- *Invasion of Poland *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Uman *Battle of Kiev (1941) *Battle of the Caucasus *Crimean Offensive *Operation Bagration *Lublin–Brest Offensive *East Pomeranian Offensive --->| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves | other_work = }}
'''Friedrich Sixt''' (28 October 1895 – 4 August 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
He commanded the 50th Infantry Division during the 1944 Crimean Offensive and was wounded during heavy attacks by the 2nd Guards Army south of the Belbek river on 1 May 1944. Sixt was subsequently evacuated, leaving Colonel Paul Betz in command of the 50th Infantry Division.{{sfn|Forczyk|2014|p=286f}}
==Awards and decorations== * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class (23 December 1915){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=328}} ** 1st Class (5 May 1918){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=328}} * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class (28 September 1939){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=328}} ** 1st Class (11 June 1941){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=328}} * German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1942 as ''Oberst im Generalstab'' in the General Staff of the XXXXIV Armeekorps{{sfn|Patzwall|Scherzer|2001|p=447}} * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 17 December 1943 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 50. Infanterie-Division{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=402}}{{sfn|Scherzer|2007|p=708}} ** 772nd Oak Leaves on 11 March 1945 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 5. Jäger-Division{{sfn|Scherzer|2007|p=708}}{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=98}}
==References==
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |author-link=:de:Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=de |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last=Forczyk |first=Robert |title=Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea, 1941–44 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-78200-976-4 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=de |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8 }} * {{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=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 |trans-title=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 |language=de |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }} * {{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1998 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9 }} {{refend}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Friedrich Schmidt |after=Generalleutnant Paul Betz |title=Commander of 50. Infanterie-Division |years=26 June 1943 – 30 April 1944 }} {{succession box |before=Generalmajor Helmut Thumm |after=Generalleutnant Edmund Blaurock |title=Commander of 5. Jäger Division |years=1 November 1944 – 19 April 1945 }}
{{succession box |before=General der Artillerie Wilhelm Berlin |after=None |title=Commander of CI. Armeekorps |years=19 April – 8 May 1945 }} {{s-end}}
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