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Albrecht Brandi

1914 - 1966

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Albrecht Brandi (20 June 1914 – 6 January 1966) was a German U-boat commander in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Together with Wolfgang Lüth, he was the only Kriegsmarine sailor who was awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. The Knight's Cross (German: Ritterkreuz), and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Brandi is credited with the sinking of eight merchant ships for a total of 25,879 gross register tons (GRT), one auxiliary warship of 810 GRT, and three warships of 5,000 long tons (5,100 tonnes). Brandi, the son of the industrial-manager Ernst Brandi, was born in Dortmund, Germany and grew up in the Weimar Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albrecht Brandi has received more than 98,476 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Albrecht Brandi is the 1,452nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,281st in 2019), the 3,474th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,287th in 2019) and the 267th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Albrecht Brandi ranks 1,452 out of 2,058. Before him are Hulusi Akar, Naser Orić, Traugott Herr, Pavel Chichagov, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg. After him are Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Aris Velouchiotis, August von Werder, Hugh Thompson Jr., François Le Fort, and Henry Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Albrecht Brandi ranks 187. Before him are Magda Frank, Kazimierz Świątek, Jorge Bolet, Aníbal Troilo, Sam Manekshaw, and Beatrice Straight. After him are Hans Wegner, Selahattin Ülkümen, Nikolay Makarov, Ray Walston, Evelyn Furtsch, and Norman Lloyd. Among people deceased in 1966, Albrecht Brandi ranks 115. Before him are Natacha Rambova, Hans Hofmann, C. S. Forester, Hedda Hopper, Julie Manet, and Joseph A. Walker. After him are Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Sylvère Maes, Ernest Burgess, Courtney Hodges, and Jan Kiepura.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albrecht Brandi ranks 3,474 out of 7,253. Before him are Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau (1602), Judith Malina (1926), Karl Bartos (1952), Otto Lesser (1830), Alfred Abel (1879), and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615). After him are Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682), Daniel Steibelt (1765), Willibald Pirckheimer (1470), Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809), Hans Meyer (1858), and Siegfried Rauch (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Albrecht Brandi ranks 267. Before him are Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), Karl von Einem (1853), Reinhard Hardegen (1913), Maurice d'Elbée (1752), Traugott Herr (1890), and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615). After him are Curt Haase (1881), Gerhard von Schwerin (1899), Karl Koller (1898), Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661), Franz Bäke (1898), and Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890).

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