Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 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 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1945: 11 battles and 5 campaigns across 5 present-day countries, most in France (6), Greece (4), Belgium (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,255 km apart end to end, 284 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (16).

Battle of VeviBattle of Kleisoura PassBattle of Lake KastoriaBattle of Lanzerath RidgeOperation PerchBattle of Verrières RidgeOperation SpringLosheim GapBattle of St. VithElsenborn RidgeBattle of Heartbreak CrossroadsBattle of GreeceOperation EpsomOperation GoodwoodBattle of the BulgeOperation Spring AwakeningBattle of GreeceOperation EpsomOperation GoodwoodBattle of the BulgeOperation Spring AwakeningMadridAthensViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtNaplesBucharestBrussels1000 km44.562N, 11.170E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1941: 4 engagements1944: 11 engagements11 in 19441945: 1 engagements19411945
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vevi, 1941Battle of Greece, 1941Battle of Kleisoura Pass, 1941Battle of Lake Kastoria, 1941Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944Operation Perch, 1944Operation Epsom, 1944Operation Goodwood, 1944Battle of Verrières Ridge, 1944Operation Spring, 1944Battle of the Bulge, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Elsenborn Ridge, 1944Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads, 1944Operation Spring Awakening, 194519411945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1941Battle of VeviVevi, GreeceGerman victory
1941Battle of GreeceKingdom of Greece, Greece278 km SEAxis victory
13 April 1941Battle of Kleisoura PassKleisoura, Greece262 km NWGerman victory
1941Battle of Lake KastoriaKastoria, Greece17 km WGerman victory
1944Battle of Lanzerath RidgeBelgium1,593 km NWGerman victory
1944Operation PerchNormandy, France522 km WGerman victory
1944Operation EpsomFrance35 km NESee Aftermath section
1944Operation GoodwoodNormandy, France12 km SSee Aftermath section
19 July 1944Battle of Verrières RidgeCaen, France9 km SWGerman defensive victory
1944Operation SpringCaen, France0 km NGerman victory
1944Battle of the BulgeArdennes, France493 km EAllied victory
17 December 1944Losheim GapBüllingen, Belgium26 km SGerman 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
1945Operation Spring AwakeningLake Balaton, Hungary963 km EAllied victory

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.