Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Kurt Johannsen

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1936–44

Name
  
Kurt Johannsen

Service/branch
  
Kriegsmarine

Rank
  
Kapitanleutnant

Born
  
24 November 1915 Haraldsholm, district of Hadersleben (
1915-11-24
)

Died
  
14 June 1944(1944-06-14) (aged 28) Le Havre

Unit
  
SSS Gorch Fock cruiser Emden destroyer Leberecht Maass destroyer Theodor Riedel

Kurt Georg Johannsen (24 November 1915 – 14 June 1944) was a German Schnellboot commander in World War II and 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.

Johannsen was killed in an aerial attack on Le Havre on 14 June 1944 an interred at the cemetery of Le Havre and later re-interred at St. Andre de Jure, row 13, grave 709.

Awards

  • Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
  • Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (19 September 1940)
  • 1st Class (9 October 1942)
  • Destroyer War Badge (14 October 1940)
  • Fast Attack Craft War Badge (4 October 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1944 as Kapitanleutnant and chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille

    • References

    Kurt Johannsen Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA