Hansjürgen Reinicke

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Hans-Jürgen Reinicke
Born	10 August 1902 Frankfurt (Main)
Died	29 January 1978 (1978-01-30) (aged 75) Wuppertal
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1922–1945
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Unit	SMS Hannover cruiser Deutschland
Commands held	destroyer Z-28 heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans-Jürgen Rudolf Reinicke (10 August 1902 – 29 January 1978) was a Kapitän zur See, commander of German cruiser Prinz Eugen, in the German navy during the Second World War and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Captain Reinicke was chief of staff to vice admiral Otto Ciliax during the Channel Dash, the transit of the ships of the Brest Group through the English Channel.

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords (23 June 1939)^[2]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (27 November 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (19 April 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold (12 March 1942)
High Seas Fleet Badge (19 March 1942)^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 April 1945 as Kapitän zur See and commander of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen^[3]

References

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dörr 1996, p. 170.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Dörr 1996, p. 171.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 354.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Deutsche Marinsoldaten

Persondata
Name	Reinicke, Hansjurgen
Alternative names
Short description	German naval officer
Date of birth	10 August 1902
Place of birth	Frankfurt (Main)
Date of death	29 January 1978
Place of death	Wuppertal

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