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

Pingat kebesaran

• Iron Cross (1914), Second (1917) and First (1918) Classes
• Lencana Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (25 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (27 October 1939)
• Blood Order-(Nr. 10) (1933)
• Lencana Emas Parti (1933)
• Pingat Barisan Timur (1942)
• Lencana Juruterbang Pemerhati in Gold with Diamonds (1943)
• 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"
  • 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.)
  • 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"
  • 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"
• Sword of honour of the Reichsführer-SS
• SS Honour Ring ("Totenkopfring")
• 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

Rujukan

Bibliografi

There are two biographies about Sepp Dietrich: one by Charles Messenger (of which there are two versions [see below]) and another by the French historian, Jean Mabire. Additional information about Dietrich has to be pieced together from separate sources, which are mostly in English and in German. The following are among the more relevant and accessible sources:

In English:

• Biondi, Robert, ed. (2000). SS Officers list : (as of 30 January 1942) : SS-Standartenfuhrer to SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer : Assignments and Decorations of the Senior SS Officer Corps. Schiffer Military History Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-1061-4.
• Dollinger, Hans (1968). The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan: A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II. Odhams Books. OCLC 721310250.
• Messenger, Charles (2005). Hitler's Gladiator: The Life and Wars of Panzer Army Commander Sepp Dietrich, London. ISBN 1-84486-022-1 & ISBN 978-1-84486-022-7.
• Messenger, Charles (1988). Hitler's Gladiator: The Life and Times of Oberstgruppenfuhrer and Panzergeneral-Oberst Der Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich, London. ASIN: B000OFQ62W.
• Neitzel Sönke (2007). Tapping Hitler's Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations, 1942–45. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-84415-705-1.
• Ailsby, Christopher (1997). SS: Roll of Infamy. Motorbooks Intl. ISBN 0-7603-0409-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Speer, Albert (1970). Inside the Third Reich: Memories by Albert Speer. New York: Macmillan. ASIN: B000H7Q6U4.
• Tiemann, Ralf (1998). The Leibstandarte – IV/2. Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz. ISBN 0-921991-40-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Höhne, Heinz. Der Orden unter dem Totenkopf, Verlag Der Spiegel, Hamburg 1966; English translation by Richard Barry entitled The Order of the Death's Head, The Story of Hitler's SS, London: Pan Books (1969). ISBN 0-330-02963-0.

In German:

• Cachay, Klaus; Bahlke, Steffen; Mehl, Helmut (2000). Echte Sportler – gute Soldaten. Die Sportsozialisation des Nationalsozialismus im Spiegel von Feldpostbriefen. Weinheim, München Germany: Beltz Juventa. ISBN 978-3-7799-1130-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (dalam bahasa German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS (dalam bahasa German). Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Meyer, Georg (1987). Chapter "Auswirkungen des 20. Juli 1944 auf das innere Gefüge der Wehrmacht bis Kriegsend und auf das soldatische Selbstverständnis im Vorfeld des westdeutschen Verteidigungsbeitrages bis 1950/51" ["Effects of 20 July 1944 on the internal structure of the Armed Forces to end the war and the soldier's self-understanding in advance of the West German defense contribution to 1950/51,"], in Aufstand des Gewissens. Der militärische Widerstand gegen Hitler und das NS-Regime 1933–45 [Revolt of conscience. The military resistance against Hitler and the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945] (in German). 3rd edition. Herford, Germany: E.S. Mittler. ISBN 978-3-8132-0197-0.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 – 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham – Huppertz (dalam bahasa German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 978-3-932381-20-1. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (dalam bahasa German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (dalam bahasa German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1998). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow (dalam bahasa German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2534-8. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Pautan luar

• "Sepp Dietrich". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (dalam bahasa German). Dicapai pada 26 April 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• aeger-1939-45.de/Waffen-SS/D/Dietrich-Josef.htm "16. Brillantenträger Josef Dietrich". Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45 (dalam bahasa German). Dicapai pada 26 April 2013. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• "Josef "Sepp" Dietrich". Jewish Virtual Library. Dicapai pada 26 April 2013.

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