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Wilhelm Dommes
Wilhelm Dommes
Born	16 April 1907; Berent District, West Prussia, German Empire
Died	23 January 1990 (aged 82); Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	Fregattenkapitän
Commands	U-431; U-178; Southeast Asia U-boat region
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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 of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean,^[1] whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. Dommes was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang,^[2] where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region.

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (23 January 1937)^[3]
The Return of Sudetenland Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 (6 September 1940)^[3]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (29 November 1939)^[3]
- 1st Class (10 February 1942)^[3]
U-boat War Badge (1939) (10 February 1942)^[3]
Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (27 July 1942)^[3]
Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (29 May 1943)^[4]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 December 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-431^[5]^[6]
War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class (30 January 1945)^[4]
- 1st Class (20 April 1945)^[4]
U-boat Front Clasp (5 March 1945)^[4]

Citations

^ Klemen, L (1999–2000). "The U-Boat War in the Indian Ocean". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942.
^ Hildebrand H. & Henriot E., Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Busch & Röll 2003, p. 283.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Busch & Röll 2003, p. 284.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 278.

References

Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Helgason, Guðmundur. "Wilhelm Dommes". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
L, Klemen (2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.