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703:(BdU—U-boat command headquarters) directive, a hatch had been left open, allowing water to pour into the aft torpedo room. Two petty officers were found to be most at fault; but Lüth, as captain, was ultimately responsible. However, according to author Jordan Vause, no record of punishment seems to have survived and Lüth's career does not appear to have been affected.
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British forces occupied Flensburg on 5 May 1945; initially, nothing changed in the daily routine at the Mürwik Naval Academy. Returning drunk in the night of 13/14 May 1945, Lüth failed to respond to the sentry's challenge and was shot in the head by 18-year-old seaman Mathias Gottlob, a German
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had been sunk and Lüth was nominated for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which he was awarded on 24 October 1940. In the radio announcement, Lüth was credited with sinking 12 ships and one submarine of 87,236 tons, when in reality sunken tonnage added up to only
987:. Dönitz's adjutant, who had accepted the call, initially thought that it was a bad joke. He then called Lüth's brother, Joachim, as the two siblings had been staying together. It was he who informed Lüth's wife and their four children that Lüth had died.
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Bearers 1939–1945: The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal
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Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des
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rifle from the hip. The chain of events was confirmed by the watch leader. The court ruled that
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351:Lüth's last service position was commander of the
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647:by the end of September, rising to 56,643
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1741:. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
758:was heavily damaged by the British destroyer
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1298:Naval Intelligence Division (August 1941).
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1618:German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net
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103:Cemetery Adelby in Flensburg
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39:German submarine U-1305
2414:People from Kreis Riga
2196:Hans-Joachim Marseille
1992:Hans-Joachim Schwantke
1807:Vause, Jordan (2014).
1757:Merten, Karl-Friedrich
1674:Blair, Clay (2000a) .
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1989:Oberleutnant zur See
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1901:Oberleutnant zur See
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940:22nd U-boat Flotilla
860:Charlotte Schliemann
829:as commander of the
816:Raeder's resignation
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365:Flensburg Government
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226:22nd U-boat Flotilla
186:22nd U-boat Flotilla
182:12th U-boat Flotilla
2055:Heinrich Bleichrodt
1695:Hitler's U-boat War
1676:Hitler's U-boat War
1578:, pp. 169–170.
1452:, pp. 497–498.
1392:, pp. 232–232.
1306:on 15 February 2018
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407:to join the German
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178:6th U-boat Flotilla
174:1st U-boat Flotilla
41:, as guest of honor
2324:Ferdinand Schörner
2263:Hans-Valentin Hube
2258:Herbert Otto Gille
2150:Recipients of the
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2035:Wilhelm Ambrosius
2017:Succeeded by
1986:Succeeded by
1969:Wilhelm Ambrosius
1950:Succeeded by
1925:Wolfgang Kaufmann
1919:Succeeded by
1885:Succeeded by
1857:Military offices
1799:978-3-938845-17-2
1774:978-3-548-26402-8
1727:978-3-8132-0515-2
1380:, pp. 81–85.
1238:on 20 April 1940"
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1109:and commander of
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