Ruge, Friedrich
- Date of birth:
- December 24th, 1894 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 3rd, 1985 (Tübingen/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
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Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen Zweiter Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitän zur See (Captain Royal Navy)
- Unit:
- Kommodore, Führer, Minensuchboote West
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1940
“At the recommendation of the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Grand Admiral Raeder, the Führer and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht has awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Kapitän zur See and Kommodore Ruge.
Kapitän zur See and Kommodore Ruge, Commander of the Minesweepers, distinguished himself in a special way during the Polish campaign. He also had an overwhelming share in the swift and thorough establishment of our minesweeper formations and in their uninterrupted and successful operations. During the Norwegian campaign he participated in sweeping and clearing operations, leading units far up north along the Norwegian coast. A Räumbootflottille commanded by Kommodore Ruge was the first German naval formation to pass through the Dover Straits by day. The operating areas of our minesweeping units have since been extended as far as the Spanish coast.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 2nd, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1917
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Grande Ufficiale della Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1958
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1961
Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband des Verdienstordens der BRD
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1961
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
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