Jost Metzler Military person

Jost Metzler (26 February 1909 – 29 September 1975) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, commander of the U-boats U-69 and U-847, and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 26, 1909
Birth place
Altshausen
Date of deathSeptember 29, 1975
Place of death
Bavendorf

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Military person

award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Battle of the Atlantic
World War II
military command19th U-boat Flotilla
service start1933
service end1945

Jost Metzler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://uboat.net/men/metzler.htm