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Este Sr. era o comandante do U-139 da WWI.
Lothar Arnauld de la Perière
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in Posen, was a U-boat commander during World War I. With 194 ships and 453.716 BRT sunk, he is the most successful submarine ace ever.</u>
Lothar Arnauld de la Perière entered the Kaiserliche Marine in 1903. At the start of the First World War, Arnauld de la Perière served in the Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung. In 1915, Arnauld de la Perière transferred to the U-boats. After a course in Pola, he was given command of the U-35 in November 1915. Arnauld de la Perière made 14 voyages with the U-35 during which he sank 189 merchant vessels and two gunboats for a total of 446.708 BRT. Transferred to the U-139 in May 1918, he sank a further 5 ships with a combined tonnage of 7008 BRT.</u> His record number of sunken ships and tonnage are both unsurpassed since then. For his service, Arnauld de la Perière was awarded the Iron cross, second and first class and the Pour le Mérite in 1916.
After the end of the war, Arnauld de la Perière stayed in a vastly-reduced German navy. During the 1920s, he served as navigation officer onboard the old pre-dreadnoughts SMS Hannover and SMS Elsass. From 1928 to 1930, Arnauld de la Perière commanded the light cruiser Emden. Promoted to captain in 1931, Arnauld de la Perière was put on the retired list. He then taught at the Turkish naval academy from 1932 to 1938.
At the start of World War II Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière was again called up for active duty. Until March 1940, Arnauld de la Perière served as naval commandant in Danzig until he was sent to the Low Countries as naval commandant for Belgium and the Netherlands. Promoted to rear admiral, Arnauld de la Perière was made naval commandant in Brittany and later for the entire western French seacoast. He was promoted to vice admiral on February 1, 1941. Transferred to take up command as Admiral South, Arnauld de la Perière was killed when his plane crashed on take off near Le Bourget Airport. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière lies buried in the Berliner Invalidenfriedhof.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_Arnauld_de_la_Perière
http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=139
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Efectivamente assim é.
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