Friedrich Guggenberger was a German admiral, who in his earlier career was a U-boat commander in the Second World War.
20 Facts About Friedrich Guggenberger
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Friedrich Guggenberger had entered the navy by 1934, transferring to the U-boat arm in October 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 23 March 1940.
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Friedrich Guggenberger then received command of U-81, commissioning her on 26 April 1941.
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Friedrich Guggenberger carried out three patrols in the Atlantic, encountering moderate success and sinking two ships.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was awarded the U-boat War Badge 1939 on 8 July and promoted to Kapitanleutnant on 1 September.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was then ordered to take U-81 into the Mediterranean to join 29th U-boat Flotilla.
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Friedrich Guggenberger put to sea that afternoon and sank the Empire Springbuck at 5,591 tons.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was able to attack the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, hitting her amidships with a single torpedo.
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Friedrich Guggenberger then escaped the depth charge attacks of the escorting destroyers.
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Friedrich Guggenberger achieved modest success in the Battle of the Mediterranean.
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Friedrich Guggenberger went on to have a number of successful patrols in the Mediterranean, and left U-81 on 24 December 1942, being replaced by Johann-Otto Krieg.
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Friedrich Guggenberger then joined Admiral Karl Donitz's staff for three months.
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Friedrich Guggenberger returned to sea in May 1943 in command of U-513, with which he undertook one patrol.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was operated on and hospitalised before being transferred to Fort Hunt on 25 September 1943, then the Prisoner of war camp at Crossville later that month.
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Friedrich Guggenberger met with four other U-boat commanders and on 12 February 1944 they escaped from the camp.
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Friedrich Guggenberger was held in a compound in the British zone, near Munster, before being released in August 1946.
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Friedrich Guggenberger became an architect, before rejoining the navy, by now the Bundesmarine in 1956.
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When Konrad Adenauer, the former Chancellor of Germany, died on 19 April 1967, Friedrich Guggenberger was chosen for the military honor guard on 25 April.
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Friedrich Guggenberger became the Deputy Chief of Staff in the NATO command AFNORTH, and served there for four years.