Kurt Thoma
| Kurt Thoma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
4 August 1901 Staufen |
| Died |
11 April 1971 (aged 69) Oldenburg |
| Service/branch |
.svg.png){kind=small} Reichsmarine.svg.png){kind=small} Kriegsmarine German Navy |
| Rank | Kapitän zur See |
| Unit |
Hannover SSS Niobe Berlin Braunschweig Schleswig-Holstein |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Otto Kurt Thoma (4 August 1901 – 11 April 1971) was a captain (Kapitän zur See) in Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 November 1939) & 1st Class (4 May 1940)[1]
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936) & 2nd Class (1 April 1939)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille[2]
- Italian War Cross with Swords (1 November 1941)[3]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
- 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.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by |
Commander of the 2nd Minesweeper Flotilla October 1938 – March 1941 |
Succeeded by Fregattenkapitän Hans Rehm |
| Preceded by Fregattenkapitän Klaus Scholtz |
Commander of the Marinestützpunktkommando Kiel December 1957 – April 1958 |
Succeeded by Kapitän zur See Klaus Scholtz |
| Preceded by Fregattenkapitän Johannes Franz |
Commander of the Marinestützpunktkommando Wilhelmshaven April 1958 – September 1962 |
Succeeded by Fregattenkapitän Gerd Schreiber |
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