Date of birth:

April 20th, 1908 (San Epigema, Brasil)

Date of death:

August 1st, 1960 (Corato/Bari, Italy)

Nationality:

Italian

Enzo Grossi commanded during the Second World War the Italian Submarines "Medusa", "Speri" and "Barbarigo". As from September 1943 he commanded the submarine base at Bordeaux.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 11th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Capitano di Fregata (Commander)

Unit:

Commandante "Barbarigo"

Awarded on:

October 7th, 1942

Awarded the Knight’s Cross in recognition of his claiming to have sunk a Maryland-class battleship on the 20.05.1942 and a Mississippi-class battleship on the 06.10.1942. However after the war it turned out that both claims were false, and that Grossi and his crew had imagined (or fabricated) everything.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

The decoration was revoced beceause he lied over his actions during the Second World War.

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