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.

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)
 NSDAP Long Service Award in Silver (?)
 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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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. .
 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.
 
 Speer, Albert (1970). Inside the Third Reich: Memories by Albert Speer. New York: Macmillan. ASIN: B000H7Q6U4.
 
 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.
 
 
 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.

Pautan luar

Kelahiran 1892
Kematian 1966
Orang Jerman
Jeneral Tentera Jerman
Perang Dunia Kedua
Jenayah perang
Nazi
Nazi SS