Joachim Wünning

Joachim Wünning (1 April 1898 – 22 September 1944) was a German politician and naval commander during the Nazi era.

Joachim Wünning
Born(1898-04-01)1 April 1898
Died22 September 1944(1944-09-22) (aged 46)
off Vathi, Samos, German-occupied Greece
NationalityGerman
OccupationPolitician; naval commander
Years active1932–1944
Known forMember of the Reichstag
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

In the 1932 German federal election, Wünning was elected to the Reichstag as a member of the NSDAP[1] and represented the area of Merseburg until his death in 1944.

During World War II, Wünning served in the German navy reaching the rank of Korvettenkapitän. He was a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 7 July 1944.[2] Wünning was killed on 22 September 1944 near Vathi, Greece, by Allied aircraft. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 October 1944.[3]

References
  1. Datenbank der deutschen Parlamentsabgeordneten Basis: Parlamentsalmanache/Reichstagshandbücher 1867 - 1938
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 525.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 367.

Bibliography
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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