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==Eduard Dietl in [[Southern Victory]]==
  
==Eduard Dietl in [[Southern Victory]]==
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'''Eduard Dietl''' was a major in the [[Austria-Hungary (Southern Victory)|Austro-Hungarian]]<ref>See [[Inconsistencies (Southern Victory)]]</ref> Army and a member of its Imperial General Staff. He and Captain [[Heinz Guderian (Southern Victory)|Heinz Guderian]] visited Major [[Irving Morrell]] at the [[Canada (Southern Victory)|Canadian]] front as observers. They came under fire from [[Canadian Army (Southern Victory)|Canadian]] troops. Both were impressed with Morrell's strategic skills as he drove off a Canadian offensive.
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'''Eduard Dietl''' was a major in the [[Austria-Hungary (Southern Victory)|Austro-Hungarian]]<ref>See [[Inconsistencies (Southern Victory)]]</ref> Army and a member of its Imperial General Staff. In 1916, he and Captain [[Heinz Guderian (Southern Victory)|Heinz Guderian]] visited Major [[Irving Morrell]] at the [[Canada (Southern Victory)|Canadian]] front as observers. They came under fire from [[Canadian Army (Southern Victory)|Canadian]] troops. Both were impressed with Morrell's strategic skills as he drove off a Canadian offensive.
   
 
Unlike Guderian, Dietl was involved in combat during the [[Great War (Southern Victory)|Great War]].<ref>''[[Walk in Hell]]'', pgs. 343-347, mmpb.</ref>
  
Unlike Guderian, Dietl was involved in combat during the [[Great War (Southern Victory)|Great War]].<ref>''[[Walk in Hell]]'', pgs. 343-347, mmpb.</ref>

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Eduard Dietl
Dietl
Historical Figure
Nationality: Germany (born in Kingdom of Bavaria)
Year of Birth: 1890
Year of Death: 1944
Cause of Death: Killed in a plane crash
Occupation: Soldier
Military Branch: Imperial German Army (World War I),
Wehrmacht (World War II)
Political Party: NSDAP
Fictional Appearances:
Southern Victory
POD: September 10, 1862
Appearance(s): Walk in Hell
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: Austria-Hungary
Military Branch: Austro-Hungarian Army (Great War)

Eduard Dietl (21 July 1890 – 23 June 1944) was a veteran of World War I and a German general of World War II. He was one of Adolf Hitler's favorite generals, and a Nazi. He participated in the German invasion of Norway, and commanded forces in Finland and in Eastern Europe. Dietl was killed in a plane crash in 1944.

Eduard Dietl in Southern Victory

Eduard Dietl was a major in the Austro-Hungarian[1] Army and a member of its Imperial General Staff. In 1916, he and Captain Heinz Guderian visited Major Irving Morrell at the Canadian front as observers. They came under fire from Canadian troops. Both were impressed with Morrell's strategic skills as he drove off a Canadian offensive.

Unlike Guderian, Dietl was involved in combat during the Great War.[2]

References

  1. ↑ See Inconsistencies (Southern Victory)
  2. ↑ Walk in Hell, pgs. 343-347, mmpb.
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