Fritz Breithaupt
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Fritz Breithaupt | |
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Born | Bromberg |
5 September 1892
Died | 25 December 1944 French West Coast, Channel Islands |
(aged 52)
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Years of service | 1911–1944 |
Rank | Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves |
Commands held | 12. Minensuchflottille 24. Minensuchflottille |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Fritz Breithaupt (5 September 1892 – 25 December 1944) was a Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Cross of Honor
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Minesweeper War Badge
- War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 3 August 1941 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 12. Minensuchflottille[2][3]
- 387th Oak Leaves on 10 February 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille[2][4]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2. Unknown parameter
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Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Dr. Hans Gebauer |
Commander of 12. Minensuchflottille September 1940 – October 1942 |
Succeeded by disbanded |
Preceded by — |
Commander of 24. Minensuchflottille October 1942 – 25 December 1944 |
Succeeded by Kapitänleutnant Carl-Friedrich Mohr |
Categories:
- Articles containing German-language text
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- 1892 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from Bydgoszcz
- People from the Province of Posen
- German military personnel of World War I
- Imperial German Navy personnel
- Kriegsmarine personnel
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Reichsmarine personnel
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France