Heinz Haag

Heinz Haag
Born	19 December 1918 Stuttgart
Died	5 April 1994 (aged 75) Rheinbach near Bonn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Kriegsmarine  German Navy
Years of service	1937–45, 1955–78
Rank	Kapitänleutnant (Kriegsmarine) Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinz Haag (19 December 1918 – 5 April 1994) was a German naval officer and Schnellboot commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 June 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (29 June 1941)^[1]
• Fast Attack Craft War Badge (30 December 1940)^[1]
• War Merit Cross with Swords (11 October 1942)^[1]
• two Italian Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare
  • 1st Medal (20 May 1942)^[1]
  • 2nd Medal (24 January 1943)^[1]
• Italian Croce di Guerra (17 March 1943)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 3 June 1943 as Oberleutnant zur See on Schnellboot S-31 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille^[2]
• Cuff title "Afrika" (1 January 1944)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 November 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille^[3][4]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 227.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 156.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 208.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 357.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.

External links

• Deutsches Marinearchiv