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| rdfs:comment | - Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (29 August 1897 – 20 May 1947) was a General in the German army in World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is notorious for having been the most brutal commander of occupied Crete, where he earned the nickname "The Butcher of Crete." After the war, he was tried by a Greek military court for war crimes, convicted and executed.
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| Caption | - General Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, at Berlin, in 1944
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| Title | - Commander of 4. Armee
- Commander of V. Armeekorps
- Commander of 22. Infanterie-Division
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| Allegiance | - German Empire
- Nazi Germany
- Weimar Republic
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| Before | - General der Infanterie Ludwig Wolff
- General der Infantrie Friedrich Hoßbach
- Generalleutnant Hermann Böhme
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| After | - none
- Generalmajor Heinrich Kreipe
- General der Infanterie Dr. Franz Beyer
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| abstract | - Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (29 August 1897 – 20 May 1947) was a General in the German army in World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is notorious for having been the most brutal commander of occupied Crete, where he earned the nickname "The Butcher of Crete." After the war, he was tried by a Greek military court for war crimes, convicted and executed.
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