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Robert Gysae
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander, Admiral in the Federal German Navy · Germany · On the map · Lived 1911 to 1989 · aged 78
Robert Karl Friedrich Gysae was a German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
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1989Died26 April 19891970Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1943Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak LeavesAward1941Iron Cross, 1st classAwardKnight's Cross of the Iron CrossAwardU-boat War Badge (1939)Award1940Iron Cross, 2nd classAward1939Sudetenland MedalAward1911Born14 January 1911
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![Flottillenadmiral Gysae (wearing a white cap, 2nd person on the left of the coffin) at Konrad Adenauer's funeral.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Begrafenis_Adenauer%2C_kist_wordt_kerk_uitgedragen%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-2642.jpg/1280px-Begrafenis_Adenauer%2C_kist_wordt_kerk_uitgedragen%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-2642.jpg)
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About this person
Gysae commanded U-98 and U-177, being credited with sinking twenty-five ships on eight patrols, for a total of 146,815 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping.
Country
Germany
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Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1989 · aged 78
