The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Eduard Wohlrat Christian Dietl

Dietl, Eduard Wohlrat Christian

Colonel-General

* 21st of July 1890

† 23rd of June 1944

Promotions

1933-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-01-01 Colonel
1938-04-01 Major-General
1940-04-01 Lieutenant-General
1940-07-19 General Of Infantry
General of Mountain Troops
1942-06-01 Colonel-General

Service

1934-04-01 1934-10-01 Attached to 19th Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1934-11-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Amberg
1934-11-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Regensburg
1935-10-15 1938-05-01 Commanding Officer 99th Mountain Regiment
1938-05-01 1940-04-24 General Officer Commanding 3rd Mountain Division [Poland - Norway]
1940-06-14 1942-01-15 General Officer Commanding Mountain Corps Norwegen [Norway - Lapland]
1942-01-15 1942-06-20 General Officer Commanding Army Lapland [Lapland]
1942-06-20 1944-06-23 General Officer Commanding 20th Mountain Army [Lapland]
1944-06-23 Killed in an air crash
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