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4 unusual facts about Hellmuth Heye


Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Six hold an officer's rank (or reserve officer's rank), two of them, as Vizeadmiral Hellmuth Heye, were high-ranking and decorated admirals or generals of the Wehrmacht.

Gerard Broadmead Roope

The Admiral Hippers commander, Kapitän zur See Heye, wrote to the British authorities via the Red Cross, recommending award of the VC for his opponent's courage while engaging a vastly superior warship.

Hellmuth Heye

After the war Heye published a number of works on naval strategy, history and warfare as a member of the Naval Historical Team.

Hellmuth Guido Alexander Heye (9 August 1895 in Beckingen – 10 November 1970 in Mittelheim) was born on August 9, 1895, son of father, August Wilhelm Heye, and mother Else Karcher Heye.



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