Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was born on 11 February 1917 in Greifswald. In 1933 he joined the Hitler Youth, then later joined the volunteer labour service and then applied to join the Steamship and was posted to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.
World World War II Dahlke was awarded the Knight"s Cross on 3 March 1943 for his actions during the Third Battle of Kharkov.
Promoted to Steamship-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant), he was given command of the 3rd Company, 1st Steamship Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH and was killed in action on 5 July 1943 on the Russian Front near Belgorod. Bibliography.