Years of service 1912–45 | Name August Thiele | |
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Born 26 August 1893Charlottenburg ( 1893-08-26 ) Unit SMS VinetaSMS GazelleSMS PreussenSMS DeutschlandSMS StettinSMS KolbergSMS Medusa Commands held Minesweeper M 111SSS Gorch FockSSS Horst Wesselheavy cruiser LutzowKampfgruppe "Thiele" Battles and wars Battle of Jutland, World War II, Operation Weserubung, Battle of Drobak Sound, Courland Pocket | ||
August Thiele (26 August 1893 – 31 March 1981) was an admiral during World War II and commander of the heavy cruiser "Lützow". He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Thiele received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his command of Lützow and his leadership of Kampfgruppe V (5th battle group) during the occupation of Oslo. Thiele had taken command of the battle group after the sinking of Blücher. He was appointed commander of the Kampfgruppe II (2nd battle group) in the Baltic Sea on 28 July 1944 and commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele" on 23 March 1945. With the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer and Lützow, and the ships of the line Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein and the light cruisers Emden, Köln, Leipzig and Nürnberg he participated from sea in the land battles for Courland and in Samland.