Richard Seuss

Richard Seuss

Infobox Military Person
name=Richard Seuss
born=birth date|1897|8|28|df=y
died=dda|1963|9|26|1897|8|28|df=y
placeofbirth=Leipzig
placeofdeath=Münster


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1917–1919, 1935–1945, –1963
rank=Oberleutnant of the Reserves (Wehrmacht)
Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves (Bundeswehr)
commands=
unit= Marine Artillerie Abteilung 608
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Richard Seuss (28 August 189726 September 1963) was a "Oberleutnant" of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Richard Seuss became chief of the naval artillery battery "Île de Cézembre" at Saint-Malo on 23 August 1942. The battle for the French harbour city Saint-Malo started after the Allied invasion at Normandy. Fortress commander was "Oberst" Andreas von Aulock and harbour commander was "Kapitän zur See" Werner Endell. The VIII US Army Corps under the command of Major General Troy H. Middleton reached St Malo on 3 August 1944 and by 5 August the city was encircled. "Oberleutnant" Seuss and his artillery battery engaged the US forces, inflicting substantial losses. Richard Seuss was awarded the Knight's Cross for these actions and was taken prisoner of war on 17 August 1944 followed by the Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (15 August 1944)
** 577. Oak Leaves (2 September 1944)
* Mentioned two times in the Wehrmachtbericht

References


* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

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