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Fritz Breithaupt

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Years of service
  
1911–1944

Name
  
Fritz Breithaupt

Born
  
5 September 1892 Bromberg (
1892-09-05
)

Died
  
25 December 1944(1944-12-25) (aged 52) French West Coast, Channel Islands

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1919)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Fregattenkapitan of the Reserves

Commands held
  
12. Minensuchflottille 24. Minensuchflottille

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Fritz Breithaupt (5 September 1892 – 25 December 1944) was a Fregattenkapitan of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

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Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Cross of Honor
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (29 May 1940)
  • Minesweeper War Badge
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 3 August 1941 as Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves and chief of the 12. Minensuchflottille
  • 387th Oak Leaves on 10 February 1944 as Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves and chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille

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