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Bernd Georg Wilhelm Klug (12 December 1914 – 15 June 1975) was a ''Korvettenkapitän'' with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later a Flottillenadmiral with the Bundesmarine. He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ((ドイツ語:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub)). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. ''Korvettenkapitän'' Klug led E-boats (''Schnellboote'') on 28 April 1944 in an attack against Convoy T-4 consisting of LSTs during the Allied large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, dubbed Exercise Tiger. During the attack, German E-boats sank USS ''LST-507'' and ''531'', and damaged ''289'', resulting in the deaths of 749 American servicemen. ==Career== Klug joined the ''Reichsmarine'' on 1 April 1933 as a member of "Crew 1933" (the incoming class of 1933) where he received his basic military infantry training with the ''II. Schiff-Stamm-Abteilung der Ostsee'' (2nd department of the standing ship division) of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund. He was transferred to the school ship SSS ''Gorch Fock'' on 30 June 1933 for his on board training.〔Dörr 1995, p. 339.〕 Here he was promoted to ''Seekadett'' (Midshipman) on 23 September 1933.〔Dörr 1995, p. 340.〕 He was then transferred to the light cruiser ''Karlsruhe'' on 24 September 1933.〔 Klug sailed on ''Karlsruhe''s third training cruise. ''Karlsruhe'' left Wilhelmshaven on 14 October 1933. The ship first sailed to the Mediterranean Sea and then to East Asia where they stopped at Kalkutta, Padang and Soerabaja. The journey went on to Brisbane and Apia, via Honolulu and Tacoma to San Diego in the United States, then through the Panama Canal to Boston and A Pobra do Caramiñal, Spain. ''Karlsruhe'' returned to Kiel on 16 June 1934.〔Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1993, v. 5., p. 89.〕 While stationed on ''Karlsruhe'', he advanced in rank to ''Gefreiter'' on 1 April 1934.〔 He was then posted to the Naval Academy at Mürwik on 28 June 1934. Following a brief vacation, he started the main cadet course at the Naval Academy in Mürwik on 12 July 1934.〔〔main cadet course—''Hauptlehrgang für Fähnriche''〕 During his vacation he was promoted to ''Fähnrich zur See'' (officer cadet) on 1 July 1931.〔 The main cadet course lasted until 18 April 1935 and was interrupted by two navigational training cruises, the first on the tender ''Nordsee'' (10–16 October 1934) and the tender ''Saar'' (31 January – 6 February 1935).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernd Klug」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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