Eduard Dietl

(Born 21 July 1890, Bad Aibling, Died 23 June 1944, Styria) Image File history File links Generaloberst Eduard Dietl File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Generaloberst Eduard Dietl File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Bad Aibling is a city in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Mangfall, at 47°52′ N 12°01′ E. It is a health resort (mud bath). ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Styria (die Steiermark in German, Å tajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria. ...

Lieutenant General Eduard Dietl commanded the German 3rd Mountain Division that participated in the German invasion of Norway on April 9 and 10, 1940. Most of this division was landed at Narvik by a German naval force of ten destroyers, commanded by Commodore Bonte, on 9 April. British naval forces led by the battleship Warspite destroyed all ten destroyers that had ferried Dietl's troops to Narvik and managed to recapture the town, but Dietl's mountaineers withdrew into the hills and later retook the town when Britain abandoned its efforts to evict the Germans from Norway. The German 3rd Mountain Division was raised from the Austrian 5th and 7th Divisions. ... Operation Weserübung was the German codename for Nazi Germanys assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. ... County Nordland Landscape Ofoten Municipality NO-1805 Administrative centre Narvik Mayor (2004) Olav Sigurd Alstad (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 29 2,023 km² 1,905 km² 0. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warspite: Warspite, launched in 1884, was a first-class armoured cruiser scrapped between 1904 and 1906. ...

A convinced Nazi of the first hour, he was one of Hitler's favorite generals, the first German soldier to receive, on 19 June 1940, the oak leaves clusters to the Knight's Cross. The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) is a military decoration of Germany which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813. ...

Dietl subsequently rose to the rank of Generaloberst (four-star general), commanding a mountain army, and died on 23 June 1944 in a plane crash. Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ...