Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz

This Date in History: September 16

Grave of Henry Weihe

Sergeant Henry C. Weihe, Company M, 7th Cavalry was born in Saxony, Germany on September 16, 1847. (Custer’s Best: The Story of Company M, 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn)

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Karl Doenitz, U-boat commander, Commander of the Kriegsmarine

Navy Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz, Navy Grand Admiral, was born on September 16, 1891 in Grünau near Berlin; he was commander of the U-boats, commander-in-chief of the Navy from 1943-1945, successor to Adolf Hitler in May 1945, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, convicted at Nürnberg of war crimes and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, released from Spandau Prison in 1956, author Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days, and died on December 24, 1980 in Aumühle near Hamburg. (2000 Quotes from Hitler’s 1000-Year Reich)

This Date in History: September 16French MacLean2025-08-29T09:27:02-05:00

U-107 Returns from Patrol

U-boat returning from patrol with vistory pennants for ships sunk.

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U-boat Sailor After Patrol

U-107 sailor fresh from a patrol with his well-trimmed beard!

U-boat Sailor After PatrolFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:52:07-06:00

U-331 Sailor in Tropical Uniform

U-boat sailor in tropical uniform.

U-331 Sailor in Tropical UniformFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:42:15-06:00

U-boat Navigator Topside Getting Some Fresh Air

U-60 navigator topside getting some fresh air.

U-boat Navigator Topside Getting Some Fresh AirFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:50:50-06:00

U-188 German Cross in Gold Winners

U-boat German Cross in Gold Winners, Max Braun and August Bischoff. Most enlisted winners of this award in the u-boat force had over 500 days at sea on patrol.

U-188 German Cross in Gold WinnersFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:41:13-06:00

U-boat Engineer Officer and his Dog

U-107 Engineer, Otto Wamers and his dog; Wamers also served on the U-451, U-103 and U-3013

U-boat Engineer Officer and his DogFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:48:40-06:00

U-502 Death Notice

U-boat Death Notice

U-502 Death NoticeFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:43:01-06:00

U-boat Crew Crossing the Equator

U-107 Crew Crossing the Equator

U-boat Crew Crossing the EquatorFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:46:54-06:00

U-boat Comrades

U-boat Comrades on U-107; three our of every four U-boat men in the entire Kriegsmarine would never come home.

U-boat ComradesFrench MacLean2016-01-13T17:45:09-06:00