In what year was the man under whose command the 1st U-boat Flotilla was founded born?
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1st U-boat Flotilla The 1st U-boat flotilla (German "1. Unterseebootsflottille") also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of "Fregattenkapitän" Karl Dönitz, it was named in honor of "Kapitänleutnant" Otto Weddigen. Weddigen, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 18 March 1915 after his submarine "U-29" was rammed by the British battleship HMS "Dreadnought" in the North Sea.
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Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelt Doenitz) (] ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Dönitz briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Germany.
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Heinrich Bleichrodt Heinrich Bleichrodt (21 October 1909 – 9 January 1977) was one of the most successful German U-boat commanders of the Second World War. From October 1939 until retiring from front line service in December 1943, he was credited with sinking 25 ships for a total of  gross register tons (GRT) . For this he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, among other commendations. He earned the nickname "Ajax" during his time with the U-boats.
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Wilhelm Gideon Wilhelm Gideon (born 15 November 1898 in Oldenburg – died 23 February 1977) was a Schutzstaffel officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant.
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Eberhard Bopst Eberhard Bopst (25 December 1913 – 12 October 1942) was a German U-boat commander in World War II.
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Peter Zschech "Kapitänleutnant" Peter Zschech (died 24 October 1943) was the second commander of the  . He earned notoriety as the first (and thus far only) commanding officer to commit suicide while in active command of a naval vessel, as well as the only submariner to ever do so while underwater.
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Friedrich Eckoldt "Kapitänleutnant" Friedrich Eckoldt (20 June 1887 – 31 May 1916) was a German naval officer killed during World War I. He commanded torpedo boat "V 48" which was sunk during the Battle of Jutland.
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Karl von Oberkamp Karl von Oberkamp (30 October 1893 – 4 May 1947) was a German Waffen-SS commander and war criminal during World War II. During his SS career, he commanded the SS Division Prinz Eugen, the SS Division Nibelungen and the V SS Mountain Corps.
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Heinz Brandt Generalmajor Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer during World War II who served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the 20 July plot bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg.
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German submarine U-1 (1935) German submarine "U-1" was the first U-boat (or submarine) built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" following Adolf Hitler's abrogation of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1935, which banned Germany possessing a submarine force.
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Herbert Schultze Herbert Emil Schultze (24 July 1909 – 3 June 1987), was a German U-boat (submarine) commander of the "Kriegsmarine" (the German navy in World War II). He commanded "U-48" for eight patrols during the early part of the war, sinking  gross register tons (GRT) of shipping and earning him eighth place on the Aces of the Deep list.
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Walther Schwieger Kapitanleutnant Walther Schwieger (7 April 1885 – 5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") during First World War. In 1915, he sank the passenger liner  with the loss of 1,198 lives.
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Peter Cundy Wing Commander Peter John Cundy DSO, DFC, AFC, TD (3 October 1916 – 4 August 2005) was a British pilot credited as one of the top U-boat killers of the Second World War. At RAF Coastal Command he was involved in new techniques for locating and destroying enemy submarines – among these air-to-sea radar and weapons.
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Hellmuth Heye Hellmuth Guido Alexander Heye (9 August 1895 – 10 November 1970) was a German admiral in World War II and politician in post-war Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
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Hansjürgen Reinicke Hans-Jürgen "Hansjürgen" Rudolf Reinicke (10 August 1902 – 29 January 1978) was a "Kapitän zur See", commander of heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen", in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during the Second World War and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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Hans Schimpf Hans Schimpf (1890 – 10 April 1935 in Breslau) was a German Navy, (German: "Kriegsmarine" ) officer and intelligence officer during World War II. During the Second World War, he help co-found on instruction from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Signals intelligence organization, the Forschungsamt (Abbr. FA) , along with Hermann Göring and Gottfried Schapper. He was responsible the organization between 1933 to 1935.
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Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal who served as Chief of the Armed Forces High Command ("Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" or OKW) in Nazi Germany during World War II. According to David Stahel, Keitel was "well known and [...] reviled as Hitler's dependable mouthpiece and habitual yes-man" among his military colleagues.
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German submarine U-2501 German submarine "U-2501" was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the ""Elektroboote"") of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine", built for service in World War II. The submarine was laid down on 3 April 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, launched on 12 May 1944, and commissioned on 27 June 1944 under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Otto Hübschen, who commanded her for her entire career.
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Franz Sensfuß Franz Heinrich Otto Sensfuß (21 June 1891 – 11 March 1976) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on Nazi Germany.
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Wilhelm Dommes Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Berent District, West Prussia – 23 January 1990 in Hannover) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He is notable as being the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean, whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. He was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang, where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region.
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Karl Angerstein Karl Angerstein (4 December 1890 – 20 September 1985) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 1st Air Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany
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Hans Jenisch Hans Jenisch (19 October 1913 – 29 April 1982) was a "Kapitänleutnant" in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II and a "Kapitän zur See" in West Germany's "Bundesmarine". He commanded the Type VIIA U-boat "U-32" , sinking seventeen ships on seven patrols, for a total of  gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to become the 26th highest scoring U-Boat ace of World War II.