Wolfgang Lüth
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One of Nazi Germany's most successful U-Boat aces, Wolfgang Lüth (15 October 1913 – 13 May 1945) was the youngest German ever appointed captain, and the youngest to ever command the German Naval Academy.
During his career, he commanded four submarines, U-9, U-138, U-43 and U-181.
On the night of 13 May 1945 he was shot by a German sentry at Flensburg-Murwik Naval College when he failed to respond to the sentry's challenge. Some have speculated that he deliberately failed to respond in order to commit suicide, others theorize that the guard may not have heard his response.
Lüth is the second-most successful among the Aces of the Deep, and one of the two German Navy officers, both U-boat captains, who received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.
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Werner Mölders | Adolf Galland | Gordon Gollob | Hans-Joachim Marseille | Hermann Graf | Erwin Rommel | Wolfgang Lüth | Walter Nowotny | Adelbert Schulz | Hans-Ulrich Rudel | Hyazinth Graf von Strachwitz | Herbert Otto Gille | Hans-Valentin Hube | Albert Kesselring | Helmut Lent | Sepp Dietrich | Walter Model | Erich Hartmann | Hermann Balck | Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke | Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | Albrecht Brandi |
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