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Günter Hessler

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German World War II U-boat commander (1909-1968)

GermanyLived 1909 to 1968 · aged 58
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Günter Hessler was a German naval officer during World War II. He commanded the Type IXB U-boat U-107, sinking twenty-one ships on three patrols, totalling 118,822 GRT of Allied shipping.

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1944German Cross in Gold
1941Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
1941U-boat War Badge (1939)
1941Iron Cross, 1st class
1939Iron Cross, 2nd class

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Günter Hessler was a German naval officer during World War II. He commanded the Type IXB U-boat U-107, sinking twenty-one ships on three patrols, totalling 118,822 GRT of Allied shipping. Hessler was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and was commissioned after the war to write an account of the U-boat war by the British Ministry of Defence.

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Lived 1909 to 1968 · aged 58
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