history · 19 October 1913 · 111 years ago
Future German submarine ace Kapitänleutnant Hans Jenisch was born at Gerdauen, East Prussia, Germany. He would command U-32 which would be responsible for sinking seventeen vessels and damaging three more (including HMS Fiji) before being captured on 30 Oct 1940.
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