Kurt Thoma

Kurt Thoma
Born	4 August 1901 Staufen
Died	11 April 1971 (aged 69) Oldenburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy
Years of service	1921–45 1957–1962
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Unit	Hannover SSS Niobe Berlin Braunschweig Schleswig-Holstein
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kapitän zur See Otto Kurt Thoma (4 August 1901 in Staufen – 11 April 1971 in Oldenburg) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 November 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (4 May 1940)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
  • 2nd Class (1 April 1939)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille^[2][3]
• Italian War Cross with Swords (1 November 1941)^[4]
• Minesweeper War Badge^[4]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 288.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 422.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 742.
4. Dörr 1996, p. 289.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• "Kurt Thoma". Deutsche Marinesoldaten (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2013.
• "Marinestützpunktkommandos". Das Bundesarchiv (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2014.