Dietrich von Müller
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Dietrich von Müller
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Dietrich von Müller
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Born | (1891-09-16)16 September 1891 Malchow, Mecklenburg |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hamburg |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
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Heer |
Years of service | 1910–45 |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Commands held | 16th Panzer Division |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron 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 of the Iron 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 members of 1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade of Jan Žižka, Group Olga, and became a prisoner of war. He later spent 10 years in Soviet captivity. He was released in the winter of 1955.
Awards
- 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 of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
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Preceded by
Generalmajor Hans-Ulrich Back
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Commander of 16. Panzer-Division 14 August 1944 – March 1945 |
Succeeded by Oberst Theodor Kretschmer |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 12th Panzer Division
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Panzer-Regiment 29 | ||
Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 5 |
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Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 25 | ||
Panzerartillerie-Regiment 2 | ||
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2 | ||
Kradschützen-Bataillon 22 | ||
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 12 |
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Panzerpionier-Bataillon 32 |
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1 Swords with the XXXXI. Panzerkorps. 2 Knight's Cross with Kradschützen-Bataillon 34 (4th Panzer Division). 3 Swords with the 16th Panzer Division. 4 Oak Leaves with the 3rd Infantry Division (motorized) 5 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 12, Oak Leaves with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25. 6 Knight's Cross with Schützen-Regiment 155 (90th Light Infantry Division)
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