Friday, August 28, 2020

Kapitän zur See Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière as a Kapitän zur See. Lothar (18 March 1886 – 24 February 1941) was born in Posen (now Poznań, Poland) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during World War I. With 194 ships and 453,716 gross register tons (GRT) sunk, he is the most successful submarine captain ever! His victories came in the Mediterranean, almost always using his 8.8-cm deck gun. During his career he fired 74 torpedoes, hitting 39 times. Arnauld de la Perière remained in the German Navy (Reichsmarine) after the war ended. During World War II, he was recalled to active duty as a Vizeadmiral (rear admiral), and was killed in a plane crash near Paris in 1941 while taking part in secret negotiations with the Vichy French government.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_von_Arnauld_de_la_Peri%C3%A8re
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/2515-officers-with-order-pour-le-merite/page/7/

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