Joachim Wünning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German naval officer and Knight's Cross recipients
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Place of Birth: Kleinhelmsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Joachim Wünning
- Joachim Wünning (1 April 1898 – 22 September 1944) was a German politician and naval commander during the Nazi era. In the 1932 German federal election, Wünning was elected to the Reichstag as a member of the NSDAP 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.
- 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.
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