Bernd Klug Military person

Bernd Georg Wilhelm Klug (12 December 1914 – 15 June 1975) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later a Flottillenadmiral with the Bundesmarine. He is also a recipient of the coveted 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.Korvettenkapitän Klug led E-boats (Schnellboote) on 28 April 1944 in an attack against Convoy T-4 consisting of LSTs during the Allied large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, dubbed Exercise Tiger. During the attack, German E-boats sank USS LST-507 and 531, and damaged 289, resulting in the deaths of 749 American servicemen.

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Birth date	December 12, 1914
Birth place	Wuppertal
Date of death	June 15, 1975
Place of death	Kiel

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allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
award	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Spanish Cross
military operations	World War II Spanish Civil War
military command	5. Schnellbootflottille
service start	1933
service end	1933