Liebe, Heinrich Otto Moritz
- Date of birth:
- January 29th, 1908 (Gotha/Thuringia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 27th, 1997 (Eisenach/Thuringia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
10th June 1941: Korvettenkapitän;
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- December 16th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 5th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant "U 38"
- Awarded on:
- August 14th, 1940
Awarded for sinking 16 ships with 74629 GRT on his first five war patrols.
Details:
26th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutenant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant "U 38"
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1941
Awarded for sinking a further 15 ships with 93877 GRT and damaging another 2 ships with 8650 GRT over the course of another four war patrols.
Details:
13th Award.
Croce Al Valore di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 2nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant commander)
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Feldgrau.com
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Deutsche Marinesoldaten
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