The service records of the 1,411 officers of the German Kriegsmarine known to have commanded a U-boat between the commissioning of U-1 in June 1935 and the final surrender of U-977 to Argentina in August 1945 are detailed in this important biographical dictionary. Each officer's date of birth, the highest rank he attained, details of any decorations he received, his service record, and his ultimate fate are all provided.

German U-Boat Commanders of World War II: A Biographical Dictionary

Biographies & Memoirs

Busch, Rainer

Röll, Hans-Joachim

Community & Culture

Naval Inst Pr

This important biographical dictionary details the service records of the 1,411 officers of the German Kriegsmarine known to have commanded a U-boat between the commissioning of U-1 in June 1935 to the final surrender of U-977 to Argentina in August 1945.Full details of the careers of all Germany's U-boat commanders are provided: each officer's date of birth; the highest rank he attained; details of any decorations he received; his service record; and his ultimate fate - whether killed in action, taken prisoner or detained after the war for Allied interrogation. In addition, an index gives a numerical list of U-boats along with their commanding officers. German U-Boat Commanders of World War II sheds light on personalities as diverse as Eck, executed for war crimes in November 1945; Radermacher, who served on U-5 in all grades from seaman to commander; von Stockhausen, killed in a traffic accident in 1943; and Kapitzky, who fought a heroic last stand against Allied aircraft off Curacao. This outstanding reference book is a valuable addition to the key works on the naval history of World War II.

German U-Boat commanders of World War II: a biographical dictionary

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