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Günther Hessler

German World War II U-boat commander

Died when: 58 years 295 days (705 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Günther Hessler

Günter Hessler (14 June 1909 – 4 April 1968) 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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