Erich Diestel

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Erich Diestel

|birth_date=8 November 1892

|death_date={{death date and age|1973|8|3|1892|11|8|df=y}}

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army

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|rank=Generalleutnant

|commands=101st Jäger Division
75th Infantry Division
346th Infantry Division
331st Infantry Division
Korps Diestel

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Erich Diestel (8 November 1892 – 3 August 1973) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 346th Infantry DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 136.

==References==

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

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before=Generalleutnant Brauner von Haydringen|

after=General der Gebirgstruppen Emil Vogel|

title=Commander of 101st Jäger Division|

years=11 April 1942 – 1 September 1942

}}

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