Herbert Nau

Herbert Nau
Born	8 April 1913 Lüneburg
Died	28 August 1944 (aged 31) Yvetot, France
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1932–44
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	10. Räumbootflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Herbert Georg Nau (8 April 1913 – 28 August 1944) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a 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. Herbert Nau was killed in an automobile accident in Yvetot, France

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 October 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (5 April 1940)^[1]
• Minesweeper War Badge (7 December 1940)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 10 June 1943 as Kapitänleutnant in the 10. Räumbootflottille^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 July 1944 as Kapitänleutnant and chief of the 10. Räumbootflottille^[3][4]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 88.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 326.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 321.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 563.

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.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). 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.

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