Generalleutnant Friedrich Dihm Born: 06 Jan 1880 in Munich (M�nchen) Died: 11 Aug 1956 in Starnberg Promotions:
F�hnrich (1900); Leutnant (13 Sep 1901); Oberleutnant (23 Oct 1910); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (01 May 1922); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1928); Oberst (01 Feb 1931); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Jul 1899)
Fahnenjunker in the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Jul 1899-01 Apr 1905)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1905-01 Sep 1906)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1906-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1912-31 Jul 1914)
Leader of the Light Munitions Column (01 Aug 1914-23 Aug 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 9th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 Aug 1914-25 Nov 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 8th Bavarian Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Nov 1914-17 Sep 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (17 Sep 1915-18 Sep 1916)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 1st Bavarian Infantry-Division (18 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1917)
2nd General-Staff-Officer with Special-Purpose-General-Command 64 (19 Nov 1917-20 Jan 1919)
In the Bavarian Ministry for Military Affairs (20 Jan 1919-20 Apr 1919)
With the Staff of Freikorps Landsberg (20 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of Group-Command 4, Staff-Officer of Artillery (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 7th Transport-Battalion (Allocated to 7th Medical-Battalion) (01 Oct 1920-01 Apr 1923)
Instructor at the War School Hannover and Command of Riding and Transport School Hannover and with the RWM (01 Apr 1923-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1924)
With the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Nov 1925)
Tactics-Instructor at the Artillery-School J�terbog (01 Nov 1925-1926)
Tactics-Instructor at the War-School Munich (1926-1927)
Commander of the 7th Transport-Battalion (1927-01 Feb 1929)
Inspection-Officer of Transport-Troops with Group-Command 2, at the same time, Location-Senior in Kassel (01 Feb 1929-31 Mar 1931)
Retired (31 Mar 1931)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Active-Officer (01 Jan 1935)
With the Staff of Military-Replacement-Inspection Nuremberg (01 Oct 1933-01 Jan 1935)
Commander of Field-Equipment-Administration V (01 Jan 1935-03 Jan 1938)
Commander of Field-Equipment-Administration VII (03 Jan 1938-01 Oct 1939)
Commander of the Senior-Field-Equipment-Staff Oberost (01 Oct 1939-20 Feb 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Feb 1940-17 Apr 1940)
Detached to the Staff of Artillery-Commander 104 (17 Apr 1940-18 May 1940)
Detached to Artillery-Commander 104 (18 May 1940-27 Jul 1940)
Field-Equipment-Inspector 3 (27 Jul 1940-01 Oct 1940)
With Field-Equipment-Staff West France (01 Oct 1940-13 Dec 1940)
Army-Supply-Leader in OKH, Army General Staff (13 Dec 1940-21 Mar 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (21 Mar 1942-10 Jun 1942)
Artillery Commander 115 (10 Jun 1942-15 Mar 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Mar 1944-23 Mar 1944)
General with Special Duties with Army-Group B (23 Mar 1944-15 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Aug 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired (31 Dec 1944)
In US Captivity (02 Aug 1945-25 Jun 1947)
Released (25 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille mit der Krone
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. W�rttembg. Friedrichs-Orden mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bayer. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz II. Klasse
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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