Sepp Dietrich

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 Mei 1892 – 21 April 1966) adalah seorang jeneral Waffen-SS di Nazi Jerman yang memerintah peringkat unit sehingga ke peringkat Tentera Darat semasa Perang Dunia II. Sebelum tahun 1929, beliau adalah pemandu Adolf Hitler dan pengawal peribadi tetapi menerima kenaikkan pangkat yang cepat selepas penglibatan beliau dalam pembunuhan musuh-musuh politik Hitler semasa Malam Pisau Panjang. Beliau kemudian memerintah Tentera Darat Ke-6 Panzer semasa Pertempuran Bulge. Selepas perang, beliau telah dipenjarakan oleh pihak Amerika Syarikat kerana jenayah perang dan kemudian oleh pihak Jerman kerana membunuh.

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich
Dietrich sebagai SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
Nama samaran	Sepp, Ujac
Kelahiran	(1892-05-28)28 Mei 1892 Hawangen, Bavaria, Empayar Jerman
Meninggal dunia	21 April 1966(1966-04-21) (umur 73) Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Jerman Barat
Kesetiaan	Empayar Jerman (hingga 1918)  Republik Weimar (hingga 1933)  Jerman Nazi
Tahun perkhidmatan	1911–19 1928–45
Pangkat	SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS
Jumlah perkhidmatan	NSDAP #89,015 SS #1,117
Arahan	Divisyen 1 Panzer SS Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Tentera Darat Ke-6 Panzer
Pertempuran	Perang Dunia I Perang Dunia II
Anugerah	Knight Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

Ringkasan kerjaya SS

Tarikh pangkat

• SS-Sturmführer: 1 Jun 1928
• SS-Sturmbannführer: 1 Ogos 1928
• SS-Standartenführer: 18 September 1929
• SS-Oberführer: 10 Oktober 1930
• SS-Gruppenführer: 18 Disember 1931
• SS-Obergruppenführer: 1 Julai 1934 und General der Waffen-SS: 19 November 1940
• SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Panzer-Generaloberst der Waffen-SS: 20 April 1942^[1]

Pingat kebesaran

• Iron Cross (1914), Second (1917) and First (1918) Classes^[2]
• Lencana Iron Cross (1939)^[2]
  • 2nd Class (25 September 1939)^[3]
  • 1st Class (27 October 1939)^[3]
• Blood Order-(Nr. 10) (1933)^[2]
• Lencana Emas Parti (1933)^[2]
• Pingat Barisan Timur (1942)
• Lencana Juruterbang Pemerhati in Gold with Diamonds (1943)^[2]
• Knight Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
  • Knight's Cross on 4 July 1940 as SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[4][5]
  • 41st Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (mot.)^[4][6]
  • 26th Swords on 14 March 1943 as SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[4][7]
  • 16th Diamonds on 6 August 1944 as SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Panzer-Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS and commanding general of the I. SS-Panzerkorps "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[8]
• Sword of honour of the Reichsführer-SS^[2]
• SS Honour Ring ("Totenkopfring") ^[2]
• Lencana Panzer in Silver
• Tank Memorial Badge
• Honour Chevron for the Old Guard
• Medal Peringatan Sudetenland (?) with Prague Castle bar (?)
• Medal Peringatan Anschluss (?)
• Lencana Cedera (1939) in Silver
• Pingat Kehormatan (1934)
• Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and Crown (?)
• Bravery Medal in Bronze (Austria-Hungary)
• Silesian Eagle, 1st and 2nd class (1934)
• Nazi Party Long Service Award warna Perak (?)
• Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Grand Officer (?)
• Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Cross (?)
• Italian Military Order of Savoy, Grand Officer (?)
• Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Officer (?)
• Perisai Krimea

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