from ERNST SCHMIDT (10-+-1983)
Did you know…..
- the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to U-Boat Commanders for sinking at least 100,000 tons of merchant shipping or for sinking one capital navy ship such as an aircraft carrier or battleship?
- over the night of 19/20 October 1940, six U-Boats sank 38 ships of about 325,000 tons from the British convoy HX 79 in the North Atlantic?
- the Oak Leaf to the Knights Cross was awarded to U-Boat Skippers for sinking at least 200,000 tons?
- the United States Navy sank 1,113 ships with a total tonnage of approximately 5,320,094 in World War II?
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