Diestel, Erich (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- November 8th, 1892 (Deutsch Eylau/Westprussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 3rd, 1973 (Bad Wiessee/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
09.04.1912: Fähnrich
18.08.1913: Leutnant
01.05.1922: Oberleutnant
01.05.1927: Hauptmann
01.10.1934: Major
01.04.1937: Oberstleutnant
01.06.1940: Oberst
01.08.1942: Generalmajor
01.08.1943: Generalleutnant
Career:
1912: Armee;
1933 - 1935: Lehrer Infanterieschule Dresden;
1935 - 1937: Lehrer Kriegsschule Dresden;
October 12th, 1937 - January 14th, 1940: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 68;
January 15th, 1940 - April 15th, 1942: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 188;
April 15th, 1942 - August 31st, 1942: Kommandeur 101. Jäger-Division;
September 20th, 1942 - October 16th, 1944: Kommandeur 346. Infanterie-Division;
November 18th, 1944 - March 23rd, 1945: Kommandeur Divisionsstab z.b.V. 331;
March 23rd, 1945 - 9 april 1945: Kommandeur Korps Diestel, 25. Armee "Festung Holland";
April 10th, 1945 - May 1945: Beauftragt mit der Führung der Armeeabteilung Kleffel ( 25.Armee "Festung Holland")
May 1945 - 1947: POW.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 12th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 188, 68. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kdr, 346. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 346. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Hasko Diestel
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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