Dietrich von Müller

Dietrich von Müller
File:Dietrich von Müller.jpg Dietrich von Müller
Born	(1891-09-16)16 September 1891
Died	3 January 1961(1961-01-03) (aged 69)
Place of birth	Malchow, Mecklenburg
Place of death	Hamburg
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1910–1945
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	16th Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Dietrich von Müller (16 September 1891 – 3 January 1961) was a German Officer during both World War I and World War II. Just before the end of World War II he was promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

On 19 April 1945 he was captured by members of 1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade of Jan Žižka, Group Olga, and became a prisoner of war. He later spent 10 years in Soviet captivity. He was released in the winter of 1955.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 1st Class (2 October 1914)
  • 2nd Class (19 August 1916)
• Panzer Badge in Silver
• Wound Badge in Black
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (19 September 1939)
  • 2nd Class (31 October 1939)
• German Cross in Gold o 21 February 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Schützen-Regiment 5
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 3 May 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of the Schützen-Regiment 5
  • 272nd Oak Leaves on 16 August 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5
  • 134th Swords on 20 February 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of the 16. Panzer-Division
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (1999) (in German). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War]. Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6. 
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) (in German). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches]. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. 
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001) (in German). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2]. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. 
• Scherzer, Veit (2007) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives]. Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
• Thomas, Franz (1998) (in German). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z]. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. 

External links

• "Lexikon der Wehrmacht". Dietrich von Müller. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/M/MuellerDv-R.htm. Retrieved March 2008.