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Friedrich Albert Foertsch (19 May 1900 – 14 December 1976) was a German general serving during World War II and from 1961 to 1963 the second Inspector General of the Bundeswehr. Foertsch was born in 1900 and joined the military service in the Prussian Army in 1918.
Friedrich Albert Foertsch (* 19. Mai 1900 in Drahnow; † 14. Dezember 1976 in Goslar) war ein deutscher Offizier, Generalleutnant der Wehrmacht, General der Bundeswehr sowie von 1961 bis 1963 der zweite Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr.
“The man well-known to all members of our Armee for over two long years of war, Generalmajor Friedrich Foertsch, was awarded the Knight’s Cross to the Iron Cross by the Führer and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht.
Friedrich Albert Foertsch (19 May 1900 – 14 December 1976) was a German general serving during World War II and from 1961 to 1963 the second Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr).
Dec 15, 1976 · GOSLAR, West Germany, Dec. 14 (UPI) — Gen. Friedrich Foertsch, a former cornmander in chief of West Germany's armed forces, died here today in a hospital. He was 76 years old.
Serving in the infantry in the final battles of World War I, Friedrich Foertsch earned the Iron Cross second class before the end of hostilities. He joined the Freikorps after the war and later was accepted into the Reichswehr in 1920.
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Inspector-General of the Bundeswehr. 1963-XX-XX. Retired. This is a brief biographical sketch of the military career of Lieutenant-General Friedrich Foertsch. He was a general during World War Two.
