August Thiele

Infobox Military Person
name=August Thiele
born=birth date|1893|8|26|df=y
died=dda|1981|3|31|1893|8|26|df=y
placeofbirth=Charlottenburg
placeofdeath=Mölln


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1912 – 1945
rank=Vizeadmiral
commands=heavy cruiser "Lützow"
Kampfgruppe "Thiele"
unit=
battles= World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

August Thiele (3 March 1894 – 2 November 1967) was a "Vizeadmiral" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of the heavy cruiser "Lützow". He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914)
** 2nd Class (8 January 1916)
** 1st Class (29 June 1919)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (14 April 1940)
** 1st Class (15 April 1940)
* German Cross in Gold (9 March 1945)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (18 January 1941)
** 824. Oak Leaves (14 April 1945)

References

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