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Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Berent District, West Prussia – 23 January 1990 in Hannover) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean, whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. Dommes was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang,Hildebrand H. & Henriot E., Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989) where he served as head of the Southeast Asia U-boat region.
Awards Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (23 January 1937)Busch & Röll 2003, p. 283. The Return of Sudetenland Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 (6 September 1940) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 November 1939) 1st Class (10 February 1942) U-boat War Badge (1939) (10 February 1942) Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (27 July 1942) Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (29 May 1943)Busch & Röll 2003, p. 284. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 December 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-431Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.Scherzer 2007, p. 278. War Merit Cross with Swords 2nd Class (30 January 1945) 1st Class (20 April 1945) U-boat Front Clasp (5 March 1945)
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