Heinz-Otto Schultze Military person

Heinz-Otto Schultze (13 September 1915 in Kiel – 25 November 1943 in the South Atlantic) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is credited with the sinking of 20 ships for a total of 67,991 gross register tons (GRT) plus damaging a further two ships for a total of 15,666 GRT.

Personal facts

Heinz-Otto Schultze
Birth dateSeptember 13, 1915
Birth place
Kiel
Date of deathNovember 25, 1943
Place of death
Atlantic Ocean

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Military person

allegianceNazi Germany
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
military command
U-141
U-4
U-432
U-849
military unit
Gorch Fock (1933)
German submarine U-31 (1936)
SMS Schleswig-Holstein
German cruiser Karlsruhe
relation
service start1934
service end1943

Topical connections

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Heinz-Otto Schultze on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://uboat.net/men/schultze_heinz-otto.htm