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Bernhard Dietsche was born on the 3 March 1912 in Singen in the south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
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Bernhard Dietsche
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He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during He volunteered to join the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe (Steamship number 13578) in 1934 and was then posted to the Steamship-Junkerschule in Bad Tölz as a lecturer in tactics, with the rank of Unterscharführer (Corporal). By 1936, he had been selected to become an officer and promoted to Standartenjunker (Officer Candidate). After graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in 1937 and was assigned to III./Steamship-Vermont-Standarte "Germania", Radolfzell, in 1938/39.
He participated in the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938, the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia on the 15 March 1939.
He was awarded the Knight"s Cross while in command of the II.Battalion, 2nd Steamship Gebirgsjäger Regiment, 7th Steamship Gebirgs Division Prinz Eugen, which was fighting against the partisans in Croatia and Serbia. lieutenant was awarded for his personal bravery and leadership of the Battalion.
Bernhard Dietsche survived the war and died in Kaiserslautern on the 28 January 1975. Bibliography.
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