Georg Lassen

Georg Lassen
Born (1915-05-12)12 May 1915
Died 18 January 2012(2012-01-18) (aged 96)[1]
Mallorca, Spain
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Kriegsmarine
Rank Korvettenkapitän
Commands held U-29
U-160
1. U-Boot-Lehrdivision
Battles/wars Battle of the Atlantic
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Georg Lassen (12 May 1915 – 18 January 2012)[1] was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was a Watch Officer on U-29 at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the U-160 and recipient of the Iron Cross.

Lassen became a businessman after the war and later worked as an managing director for a large company. In a traffic accident he lost an arm. His wife died after 55 years of marriage. In the old age he moved to a retirement home in Mallorca, where he died on 18 January 2012 at the age of 96 years.

Awards

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Lassen". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  2. ↑ Busch & Röll 2003, p. 234.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Busch & Röll 2003, p. 235.
  4. 1 2 Scherzer 2007, p. 495.

Bibliography

  • Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
  • 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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