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Joachim Schepke

1912 - 1941

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Joachim Schepke (8 March 1912 – 17 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the seventh recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schepke is credited with having sunk 36 Allied ships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Schepke has received more than 157,956 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joachim Schepke is the 928th most popular military personnel (down from 830th in 2019), the 2,268th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,067th in 2019) and the 175th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joachim Schepke ranks 928 out of 2,058. Before him are Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Wolfgang Lotz, Georges Guynemer, Alexander von Linsingen, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, and Prince Franz of Bavaria. After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Eugen Meindl, Dominique Vandamme, Wilhelm Souchon, Philip Sheridan, and Karl Ernst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Joachim Schepke ranks 119. Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Kaneto Shindo, Aymoré Moreira, Martin Schwarzschild, Nancy Wake, and David Packard. After him are Maria Montez, Richard Brooks, Marta Eggerth, Thorbjørn Egner, Võ Chí Công, and Folco Lulli. Among people deceased in 1941, Joachim Schepke ranks 76. Before him are Ivan Panfilov, Alfred Hettner, Guillermo Kahlo, Hanns Kerrl, Anandyn Amar, and Walter Ruttmann. After him are Maximilien Luce, John Stanley Plaskett, Alexandros Koryzis, Arkady Gaidar, Peder Mørk Mønsted, and Kurt Hensel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim Schepke ranks 2,268 out of 7,253. Before him are Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683), Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), and Judith Kerr (1923). After him are Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Bert Kaempfert (1923), and Hieronymus Bock (1498).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Joachim Schepke ranks 175. Before him are Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796), Karl Mauss (1898), Wolfgang Lotz (1921), Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683), and Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875). After him are Eugen Meindl (1892), Wilhelm Souchon (1864), Karl Ernst (1904), George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892), Adelbert Schulz (1903), and Hermann Breith (1892).

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