Franz-Josef Dreike
Military Person
1910 – 1988
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Who was Franz-Josef Dreike?
Franz Josef Dreike was a Hauptsturmführer, in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Franz Josef Dreike was born on the 27 October 1910 in Dortmund, Germany. He volunteered to join the SS and was selected to be an officer, he was in command of the 2nd Company, 2nd SS Flak Battalion, Das Reich Division when he was awarded the Knight's Cross on the 6 May 1945, by Sepp Dietrich, commander of the VI Panzer Army.
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