The Men of the Kriegsmarine U-boat force

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</script> </div> <div align="center"> <h1>The Men of the U-boats</h1> </div> <p>This is a set of pages which contains pages such as the Top U-boat Aces, Commanders that sank over 50,000 tons of shipping and much more.</p> <table class="width760"> <tr> <td class="width420"> <h3><a href="/men/aces/">Most successful U-boat commanders</a></h3> <p>This section shows the most successful U-boat commanders of WWII.</p> <h3><a href="commanders/">List of all U-boat commanders</a></h3> <p>On this database you can read about all U-boat commanders in WWII (over 1,400 of them).</p> <h3><a href="doenitz.htm">Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz</a></h3> <p>Commander-in-Chief of the German U-boats.</p> <h3><a href="decorations/">German War Decorations</a></h3> <p><img src="/media/men/decorations/u-boot-kriegsabzeichen_brillanten.jpg" alt="" align="left" class="width60" hspace="8" />All medals and decorations awarded to the U-boat force, with all the known recipients of each award listed. This section also includes decorations won before serving in U-boats (in Merchant Raiders, Minesweepers, the Luftwaffe, ...)</p> <h3><a href="interviews/">The Commander Interviews</a></h3> <p>Here you can <strong>listen</strong> to famous U-boat commanders speak of their experiences in their own words!</p> <h3><a href="uniforms/">Kriegsmarine Uniforms</a></h3> <p>A 6-page set dealing with the various uniforms worn both on the boat and on shore.</p> <h3><a href="nuremberg.htm">Dönitz at Nuremberg</a></h3> <p>A 4-page narrative on the trials against Dönitz.</p> <h3><a href="bdu.htm">BdU</a></h3> <p>U-boat high command</p> <h3><a href="decorations/ritter.htm">Knights Cross winners</a></h3> <p>Here you can find the most highly decorated U-boat personnel. We have created bio pages for all the Knights Cross winners.</p> <p> <a href="decorations/ritter_diamonds.htm">Diamonds</a> Winners (2)<br> <a href="decorations/ritter_swords.htm">Swords</a> Winners (5)<br> <a href="decorations/ritter_oak.htm">Oak Leaves</a> Winners (29)<br> <a href="decorations/ritter_winners.htm">Knights Cross</a> Winners (144)</p> <h3><a href="commanders/youngest-oldest.html">Youngest and oldest on patrols</a></h3> <p>Who were the youngest and oldest U-boat commanders who went out on patrol? <a href="commanders/youngest-oldest.html">This page</a> has top 10 of each age group.</p> </td> <td class="width260"> <a href="crew/"><img src="/media/men/images/icon_crew.gif" class="width220" height="100" alt="" /></a><br> <a href="men_lost.htm"><img src="/media/men/images/icon_men-lost.gif" class="width220" height="100" alt="" hspace="6" /></a><br> <a href="training/"><img src="/media/men/images/banners_training.gif" class="width220" height="100" alt="" hspace="6" /></a><br> <a href="pow/"><img src="/media/men/images/icon_pow.gif" class="width220" height="100" alt="" hspace="6" /></a> <h3><a href="listing.htm">Listing of all personnel files</a></h3> <p>This listing shows the men we have files on that were not U-boat commanders themselves. They are mostly highly decorated personnel from the U-boats service.</p> <h3><a href="ranks/">Kriegsmarine Ranks</a></h3> <p>Explains all the different ranks of relevance.</p> <h3><a href="/gallery/IllustrationsA">U-boat Officers illustrations</a></h3> <p>Many great drawings of famous officers.</p> <h3>Other interesting pages</h3> <p>   <a href="foodstuffs.htm">Food carried on U-boats</a></p> </td></tr></table>  <div class="adSeperator"></div> <div id="ga_contentFooter728" align="center"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1101670507446460" data-ad-slot="7580936821"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div><br> </div>  <div id="footer"> <div id="footer_navcontainer"> <ul id="footer_navlist"> <li><a href="/" title="Front page">Front page</a></li> <li><a href="/about/" title="About uboat.net">About</a></li> <li><a href="/about/contact.htm" title="Contact us">Contact us</a></li> <li><a href="/special/faq.htm" title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/glossary.htm" title="Glossary pages">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/new.htm" title="What's new at uboat.net">What's new</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer_copyright">  © 1995 - 2025 Guðmundur Helgason </div> </div>  </div>  </body></html>

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