| Herman Dahlke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 February 1917 Greifswald, Germany |
| Died | 5 July 1943 (aged 26) Belgorod, Russia |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | , Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1933–1943 |
| Rank | Untersturmführer |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Eastern Front Medal Tank Destruction Badge Wound Badge in Black War Merit Cross with swords |
Hermann Dahlke (1917–1943) was a Untersturmführer(Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
He was born on 11 February 1917 in Greifswald. In 1933 he joined the Hitler Youth, then later joined the volunteer labour service and then applied to join the SS and was posted to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.
Dahlke was awarded the Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as an SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant), when in a well executed attack, his unit broke into the enemy's southern positions during the Third Battle of Kharkov. His platoon threw back the numerically superior enemy in hand-to-hand fighting and thus made a decisive contribution to the successful advance of the battalion and the whole battle group. Promoted to SS-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant), he was given command of the 3rd Company, 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH and was killed in action on 5 July 1943 on the Russian Front near Belgorod.[1]