How to Pronounce Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
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Mar 18, 1886 Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Died on 24 Feb 1941 (aged 54)
German World War I U-boat commander
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About Lothar Von Arnauld De La Perière
- Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in Posen (now Poznan, Poland) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during World War I.
- With 194 ships and 453,716 gross register tons (GRT) sunk, he is the most successful submarine captain ever.
- His victories came in the Mediterranean, almost always using his 8.8-cm deck gun.
- During his career he fired 74 torpedoes, hitting 39 times.Arnauld de la Perière remained in the German Navy (Reichsmarine) after the war ended.
- During World War II, he was recalled to active duty as a rear admiral, and was killed in a plane crash near Paris in 1941 while taking part in secret negotiations with the Vichy French government.
