General Discussions  
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII. 
Re: U 173
Posted by: gerard heimann ()
Date: December 30, 2009 08:06PM

He was FregKpt. while he commanded U-173. He was promoted to K. zur See in 1943. Since he had no successes during only 1 command, does anyone know what merited the promotion to a rank most submariners did not reaxch?

Gerard

Options: ReplyQuote


Subject Written By Posted
U 173 jcrt 12/30/2009 06:46PM
Re: U 173 gerard heimann 12/30/2009 08:06PM
Re: U 173 jcrt 01/01/2010 05:51PM
Re: U 173 Eric Stone 01/01/2010 08:25PM
Re: U 173 jcrt 01/02/2010 02:59PM


Your Name: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 **     **  **     **  **     **  **    **  ********  
  **   **   **     **  **     **   **  **   **     ** 
   ** **    **     **  **     **    ****    **     ** 
    ***     **     **  **     **     **     ********  
   ** **     **   **   **     **     **     **        
  **   **     ** **    **     **     **     **        
 **     **     ***      *******      **     **