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Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen (18 March 1913 – 9 June 2018) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was credited with the sinking of 25 ships (2 were later refloated), at a total of 136,661 tons.
Reinhard Hardegen (Bremen, 18 de março de 1913 - 9 de junho de 2018) foi um oficial alemão que serviu na Kriegsmarine durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi condecorado com a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho .
9 de jun. de 2018 · Reinhard Hardegen began his naval career in April 1933. After two and a half years he was transferred, together with other officers, to the Marineflieger (Naval Air Force) branch of the Kriegsmarine. He was trained as an aircraft observer and later as a pilot.
17 de jun. de 2018 · Reinhard Hardegen, a leading German submarine commander of World War II who brought U-boat warfare to the doorstep of New York Harbor in the winter of 1942, died on June 9. He was 105.
18 de jun. de 2018 · A onetime navy aviator, Cmdr. Hardegen joined the German submarine division after a plane crash left him with a shortened leg and chronically bleeding stomach.
19 de jun. de 2018 · Reinhard Hardegen became a hero in Germany, and Adolf Hitler personally awarded him the country’s highest military honor.
Kapitänleutnant Reinhard Hardegen recalled how he had stood on the bridge of his U-boat, hypnotised by the sight before him: the undimmed lights of Manhattan seemed to emit a warm glow that hung in the night sky.
