Dietrich Koch

Dr. rer. pol. Dietrich Koch
Born	8 April 1916 Hamburg
Died	22 November 2002 (aged 86) Bad Kreuznach
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–43
Rank	Oberleutnant of the Reserves
Unit	Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 88
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Dr. rer. pol. Dietrich Koch^{[Note 1]} (8 April 1916 – 22 November 2002) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Dietrich Koch was severely wounded in December 1941 and was released from the Wehrmacht in December 1943.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black or Silver
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 February 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in 3./Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 88^[1]

Notes

1. In German a Doctorate of political economy is abbreviated as Dr. rer. pol. (Doctor rerum politicarum).

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 216.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.