Siegfried Wuppermann

Siegfried Wuppermann

Infobox Military Person
name=Siegfried Wuppermann
born=birth date|1916|12|15|df=y
died=dda|2005|4|15|1916|12|15|df=y
placeofbirth= Berlin
placeofdeath=Osnabrück


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1935–1945
rank=Kapitänleutnant (Kriegsmarine)
Kapitän zur See of the Reserves (Bundesmarine)
commands=
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Siegfried Wuppermann (15 December 191615 April 2005) was a "Kapitänleutnant" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later served with the Bundesmarine. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Military career

Siegfried Wuppermann was born on 15 December 1916 in Berlin. He joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935 and was promoted to "Leutnant zur See" in 1938 and as adjutant was transferred to the "U-boat-Schulflottille".

Wuppermann joined the Schnellboot service in March 1939 and took command of a Schnellboot in the 1. Schnellbootflottille. During the Invasion of Poland he participated on patrols in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and in the English Channel.

In early November 1940 he took charge of a "Gruppe" in the "3. Schnellbootflottille" and takes command of "Schnellboot "S 60" on 21 December 1940. Siegfried saw action with this boat near Boulogne. In February 1941 he became acting commander of the "3. Schnellbootflottille" because Friedrich Kemnade was on vacation. Wuppermann led a patrol on 7 March 1941 against Allied convoys which leads to the destruction of two destroyers and three merchant vessels.

On "S 60" he participates in Operation Barbarossa. On 21 June 1941, one day before the invasion of the Soviet Union, he operated against the harbor of Windau laying 30 mines. Siegfried Wuppermann received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 August 1941 during these battles.

After the 3. "Schnellbootflottille" was transferred to the Mediterranean to guard the Axis convoys to North Africa Wuppermann receives the coveted Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 14 April 1943.

Kapitänleutnant Wuppermann helps establish the 21. and "22. Schnellbootflottillen" in Eckernförde in May 1943 and is then transferred to the Stab of the "Führer der Schnellboote". In March 1945 he takes command of the "1. Schnellboot Division" and fights with this unit in the Adriatic Sea.

After the war he joins the "Bundesmarine". Siegfried Wuppermann died on 15 April 2005 in Osnabrück.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (20 April 1940)
** 1st Class (28 May 1940)
* Fast Attack Craft War Badge with Diamonds (10 June 1943)
* "Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare" (24 January 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (3 August 1941)
** 226. Oak Leaves (14 April 1943)

References


* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

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