Anders Lassen Military person

Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen VC, MC & Two Bars (22 September 1920 – 9 April 1945) was a highly decorated Danish soldier who was a recipient of the British Victoria Cross in the Second World War. He was posthumously awarded the UK's highest gallantry award for his actions on 8 April 1945 at Lake Comacchio in Italy in the final weeks of the Italian Campaign.The Danish officer was ordered to lead a raid that would give the impression that a major landing was being undertaken. Lassen fulfilled his mission in the face of overwhelming enemy numbers by single-handedly taking out three enemy positions before being mortally wounded. As his men's lives would be endangered in the withdrawal, he refused to be evacuated from the area.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 22, 1920
Birth place	Copenhagen
Date of death	April 09, 1945
Resting place	Battle of the Argenta Gap

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Military person

award	Military Cross Victoria Cross
military operations	World War II
military branch	British Army
military command	No. 62 Commando Special Boat Section
relation	Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst
service start	1940
service end	1945