Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Sepp Dietrich

Battles of Sepp Dietrich

German Military Officer and Waffen-SS general and a convicted Nazi Military war criminal (1892-1966)

Sepp Dietrich is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1944: 9 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Belgium (4), Greece (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,678 km apart end to end, 335 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (4), Western Front (3), Battle of Greece (2).

Battle of Kleisoura PassBattle of Lake KastoriaLosheim GapBattle of Heartbreak CrossroadsBattle of VeviBattle of Lanzerath RidgeBattle of Verrières RidgeBattle of St. VithElsenborn RidgeBattle of VeviBattle of Lanzerath RidgeBattle of Verrières RidgeBattle of St. VithElsenborn RidgeViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanNaplesBrusselsBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km45.510N, 10.642E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 3 engagements1944: 6 engagements6 in 194419411944
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vevi, 1941Battle of Kleisoura Pass, 1941Battle of Lake Kastoria, 1941Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944Battle of Verrières Ridge, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Elsenborn Ridge, 1944Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads, 194419411944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of VeviGreeceGerman victory
13 April 1941Battle of Kleisoura PassKleisoura, Greece29 km SWGerman victory
1941Battle of Lake KastoriaGreece17 km WGerman victory
1944Battle of Lanzerath RidgeBelgium1,593 km NWGerman victory
19 July 1944Battle of Verrières RidgeCaen, France498 km WGerman defensive victory
17 December 1944Losheim GapBüllingen, Belgium495 km EGerman victory
21 December 1944Battle of St. VithSankt Vith, Belgium17 km SWGerman victory
26 December 1944Elsenborn RidgeElsenborn, Belgium21 km NEAmerican victory
26 December 1944Battle of Heartbreak CrossroadsGermany8 km NEInconclusive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.