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Hallas, Paul (U 129)

Date of birth:
January 15th, 1914
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

OMasch.(D)
U 37
U 129
credited with 12 patrols
04.07.1944: U 129 was decommissioned in Lorient and planned to be shipped to Norway
19.08.1944: U 129 was sunk in Lorient due to the Allied advance
10.05.1945: U 129 was captured by the US then the French troops
00.00.1946: some spare parts of U 129 were used to repair U 123 and the rest was destroyed

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Obermaschinist
Unit:
"U 129", 2.Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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