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| branch = | serviceyears = 1911–19 1928–45 | rank = 40px ''SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS'' | servicenumber = NSDAP #89,015 SS #1,117 | unit = | commands = 5th Panzer Army 6th Panzer Army | battles = World War I ---- World War II | battles_label = | awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a general in the Waffen-SS – the armed paramilitary branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) – who commanded units up to army level during World War II. Prior to 1929, he was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard but received rapid promotion after his participation in the murder of Hitler's political opponents during the Night of the Long Knives. He later commanded 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he was imprisoned by the United States for war crimes and later by Germany for murder. ==Early life and career== Sepp Dietrich was born on 28 May 1892 in Hawangen, near Memmingen in the Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. He was the illegitimate son of Kreszentia Dietrich, who later married Pelagius Milz, a coachman, who became Dietrich's stepfather. Before the war Dietrich worked as hotel boy, servant and coachman. In 1911 he voluntarily joined the Bavarian Army with the 4. ''Bayerische Feldartillerie-Regiment "König"'' (4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment) in Augsburg, but shortly after had to leave for health reasons. In the First World War, he served with the Bavarian Field artillery, as ''Fahrer vom Bock'' (driver, horse). He was promoted Gefreiter in 1917 and awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. In 1918 he was promoted Unteroffizier and member of Bavarian ''Sturmpanzerwagenabteilung 13'', one of the first German tank units. Last Bavarian army record lists Dietrich as recipient of Iron Cross 1st class and Bavarian Military Merit Order IIIrd class with swords. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sepp Dietrich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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