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Herbert Nau

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Years of service
  
1932–44

Commands held
  
10. Raumbootflottille

Name
  
Herbert Nau

Rank
  
Korvettenkapitan

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Born
  
8 April 1913 Luneburg (
1913-04-08
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine

Died
  
August 28, 1944, Yvetot, France

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Herbert Georg Nau (8 April 1913 – 28 August 1944) was a Korvettenkapitan with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Herbert Nau was killed in an automobile accident in Yvetot, France

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (5 April 1940)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (7 December 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 10 June 1943 as Kapitanleutnant in the 10. Raumbootflottille
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 July 1944 as Kapitanleutnant and chief of the 10. Raumbootflottille

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