Viktor Schütze Military person
Captain Viktor Schütze (16 February 1906 – 23 September 1950), was a Kriegsmarine U-boat ace, sinking a total of 35 allied ships totalling 180,053 tons during the Second World War. He is in fifth place on the ten Aces of the Deep. He was also 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.
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| allegiance | Nazi Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933) |
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| award | |
| military operations | |
| military command | 1936-01-16 – 1937-09-30 1938-08-13 – 1939-09-04 1939-09-05 – 1940-05-19 1940-06-05 – 1941-08-12 2nd U-boat Flotilla FdU Ausbildungsflottillen Gotenhafen |
| military unit | |
| service start | 1925 |
| service end | 1945 |