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Josef Dietrich, detto Sepp, è stato un generale tedesco tra i più noti delle Waffen-SS e uno dei più vicini uomini di Hitler. Godette di grande popolarità da parte dei suoi uomini al comando di varie divisioni corazzate SS, su entrambi i fronti. Fu uno dei soli 27 uomini ad essere insignito della Croce di Cavaliere della croce di ...
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard.
Josef Dietrich, detto Sepp, è stato un generale tedesco tra i più noti delle Waffen-SS e uno dei più vicini uomini di Hitler. Godette di grande popolarità da parte dei suoi uomini al comando di varie divisioni corazzate SS, su entrambi i fronti.
- WWI
- First Time with Tanks
- Fighting on
- Rise in The SS
- Poland
- The West
- The Balkans
- Russia
- Normandy
- The Bulge
Dietrich was born in Swabia in 1892. Two days after war broke out in 1914, he signed up to the Bavarian army. Initially, Dietrich served in the artillery. He took part in the fierce fighting around Ypres, one of the most hotly contested sectors of the war. He also served on the Italian front. In 1916, the German high command created the units that ...
Having been awarded an Iron Cross in November 1917, Dietrich was transferred to the Bavarian Storm Tank Detachment. There he learned how to use the new weapon of war. As the gunner in a captured tank, he took part in fighting at Chemin des Dames in June 1918. When his tank became stuck, he was part of the demolition crew that destroyed it to stop t...
Following the war, Dietrich joined the police. He took a break from that job in 1921 to join German paramilitaries fending off a Polish attempt to invade German Silesia. The Allies would not allow the Germans to use regular troops to defend the land, so it fell entirely to men like Dietrich. For his part in the fierce fighting at Annaberg, Dietrich...
In 1928, Dietrich joined the Nazi party and its paramilitary wing, the SS. Initially unpaid, he also worked at a publishing house. After acting as a bodyguard for Hitler, he won a seat in the Reichstag in the 1930 election and took command of the SS in southern Germany. As the SS rose in power and status, so too did Dietrich. By 1939, he was a seni...
Dietrich had developed a highly respected formation of infantry with a motorized element. In 1939, they took part in the German invasion of Poland. Dietrich and his troops participated in some of the most intense fighting of the invasion. Faced with a Polish counter-attack, they fought in a two-fronted battle outside Warsaw. They then captured a fo...
After Poland, Dietrich moved west for the invasion of France and the Low Countries. During the short course of that campaign, he achieved a great deal. As part of a Panzer formation, Dietrich’s infantry was engaged in the capture of the Hague and the encirclement of British forces at Dunkirk. During the fighting, Dietrich’s troops were involved in ...
After the fighting for France, the unit was moved to the Balkans, heading through Bulgaria into Greece. There, Dietrich continued to earn praise for his leadership. An inspiring commander who took great care of his men, he fostered high morale and performance among his troops. His presence was essential to the German victory over the Greeks and the...
After Greece, Dietrich’s duties alternated between the Russian Front and service in France. His division captured Taganrog in Russia, adding to his fearsome reputation as a soldier. He was a favorite of the German high command, feted by Hitler and given numerous medals. When an SS Panzer Corps was formed in 1942, he was put in charge.
Dietrich’s panzer troops were in Normandy during the Allied invasion of June 1944. As the Germans were driven back in chaos, he repeatedly visited the front lines. His example once again bolstered morale during a difficult period. His visits also gave him a greater understanding of what was happening at the front. In September, Dietrich was summone...
In December 1944, the 6th Panzer Army was given the task of spearheading Hitler’s counterattack through the Ardennes. Dietrich knew it would be a disaster. The roads were inadequate for the advance. His men lacked training and experience. There was not enough fuel or a proper way to distribute it. Despite Dietrich’s repeated protests, Hitler insist...
Josef Dietrich was a German SS officer who commanded Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard and later led an SS panzer (armoured) army in World War II. A butcher’s apprentice, Dietrich joined the German army in 1911 and rose to the rank of sergeant during World War I.
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11 feb 2021 · Stiamo parlando di Josef “Sepp” Dietrich. Il quale fu anche uno dei primi sostenitori del nazionalsocialismo tedesco, legando indissolubilmente la sua vita ad Adolf Hitler e la sua carriera militare alla guida della Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.
Dietrich nacque a Hawangen, il 28 maggio 1892, è stato uno tra i più noti generali delle Waffen-SS e uno degli uomini più vicini a Hitler. Fu popolare e rispettato infra i suoi uomini, al comando di varie divisioni corazzate delle SS. Combatté sul fronte occidentale e su quello orientale.
