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About Sepp Dietrich
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (May 28, 1892 – April 22, 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. Reaching the rank of Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. prisoners of war in December 1944. He was a SS-Oberfuhrer (Senior Colonel or Brigadier) from 1930-1931 and a SS-Gruppenfuhrer (Major-General or Lt-General) from 1931-1933 and a SS-Obergruppenfuhrer (Lieutenant-General or General) from 1933-1942 and finally SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer (Colonel-General or Full General) from 1942-1945 .
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“We fought against an enemy six times as large as us.”
“He (Hitler) knew even less than the rest. He allowed himself to be taken for a sucker by everyone.”
“(In early 1945) We call ourselves the "6th Panzer Army", because we've only got 6 Panzers left.”
“I'm iron. I lasted through ten years of war, and now I can last through this. It's true, it's not good for the nerves.”
“I never actively engaged in politics, never made speeches. Politics is a whore. It's too high for me. Just as I don't understand American politics, so I don't understand German politics. The only interest in politics is to get to know how to lead a life under the most favorable circumstances.”
“There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians? Propaganda! You can't open your mouth, even in the biggest democracy. Do you think it's so nice to sit in prison after ten years of war for the Fatherland? If I would be God, I would do it differently!”
“All I had to do was to cross the river, capture Brussels, and then go on to take the port of Antwerp. The snow was waist-deep and there wasn’t room to deploy four tanks abreast, let alone six armored divisions. It didn’t get light until eight and was dark again at four, and my tanks can’t fight at night. And all this at Christmas time!”
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Wilhelm Bittrich on Sepp Dietrich
“I once spent an hour and a half trying to explain a situation to "Sepp" Dietrich with the aid of a map. It was quite useless. He understood nothing at all.”
Hermann Göring on Sepp Dietrich
“It was the Hitler Offensive. It was brilliantly planned by Hitler but poorly executed by the generals. It was not Rundstedt who was at fault so much as Dietrich and his Sixth Army, which was not capable. Dietrich was no army commander and should never have been made one. This Sixth Army was an all-motorized panzer force.”
Joseph Goebbels on Sepp Dietrich
“Dietrich quite openly criticised measures taken by the Führer. He complains that the Führer does not give his military staff a sufficiently free hand and that this tendency has now become so pronounced that the Führer even lays down the employment of individual companies. But Dietrich is in no position to judge. The Führer cannot rely on his military advisers. They have so often deceived him and thrown dust in his eyes that he now has to attend to every detail. Thank God he does attend to them, for if he did not, matters would be even worse than they are anyway.”
About Sepp Dietrich
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (May 28, 1892 – April 22, 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. Reaching the rank of Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. prisoners of war in December 1944. He was a SS-Oberfuhrer (Senior Colonel or Brigadier) from 1930-1931 and a SS-Gruppenfuhrer (Major-General or Lt-General) from 1931-1933 and a SS-Obergruppenfuhrer (Lieutenant-General or General) from 1933-1942 and finally SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer (Colonel-General or Full General) from 1942-1945 .