Wilhelm Dommes

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Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Berent District, West Prussia – 23 January 1990 in Hannover) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean,^[1] whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. Dommes was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang,^[2] where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region.

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (23 January 1937)^[3]
The Return of Sudetenland Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 (6 September 1940)^[3]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (29 November 1939)^[3]
- 1st Class (10 February 1942)^[3]
U-boat War Badge (1939) (10 February 1942)^[3]
Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (27 July 1942)^[3]
Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (29 May 1943)^[4]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 December 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-431^[5]^[6]
War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class (30 January 1945)^[4]
- 1st Class (20 April 1945)^[4]
U-boat Front Clasp (5 March 1945)^[4]

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↑ Hildebrand H. & Henriot E., Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Busch & Röll 2003, p. 283.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Busch & Röll 2003, p. 284.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 278.

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