Wilhelm Dommes


Wilhelm Dommes was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's [Cross of the Iron Cross] of Nazi Germany. He was the commander of U-boats in the Indian Ocean, whereby German and Japanese forces fought together in the only time in the war. Dommes was the first commander of the U-boat base, in the former British seaplane base in Penang, where he served as head of the List of [U-boat regions#Asian U-boat regions|Southeast Asia U-boat region].

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