| Dietrich von Müller | |
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 Dietrich von Müller |
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| Born | 16 September 1891 Malchow, Mecklenburg |
| Died | 3 January 1961 (aged 69) Hamburg |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Heer |
| Years of service | 1910–1945 |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands held | 16. Panzer-Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Dietrich von Müller (16 September 1891 – 3 January 1961) was a German Officer during both World War I and World War II. Just before the end of World War II he was promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's 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. On 19 April 1945 he was captured by Czechs partisans and became a prisoner of war and spent 10 years in Soviet captivity. He was released in the winter of 1955.
Awards [edit]
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Panzer Badge in Silver
- Wound Badge in Black
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold o 21 February 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Schützen-Regiment 5[2]
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
References [edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges (in German). Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2300-3.
External links [edit]
- "Lexikon der Wehrmacht". Dietrich von Müller. Retrieved March 2008.
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| Preceded by Generalmajor Hans-Ulrich Back |
Commander of 16. Panzer-Division 14 August 1944 – March 1945 |
Succeeded by Oberst Theodor Kretschmer |
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