Fritz Breithaupt Military person

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.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 05, 1892
Birth place
Bydgoszcz
Date of deathDecember 25, 1944
Place of death
Channel Islands

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
German Empire (to 1919)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
World War I
military command
12. Minensuchflottille
24. Minensuchflottille
service start1911
service end1944

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External resources

  1. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Kriegsmarine/B/Breithaupt-Fritz.htm