Diddo Diddens Military person

Diddo Diddens (22 April 1917 – 27 September 1997) was a highly decorated Hauptmann der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 22, 1917
Birth place
Germany , Bunderhammrich
Date of deathSeptember 27, 1997
Place of death
Germany , Bunderhammrich

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Military person

allegianceNazi Germany
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of Poland
Siege of Leningrad
Third Battle of Kharkov
Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
Battle of Kursk
World War II
Battle of France
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Battles of Rzhev
Battle of the Dnieper
Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
service start1938
service end1944

Diddo Diddens on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/D/DiddensD.htm
  2. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/29013