Hermann Rasch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German World War II U-boat commander
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Place of Birth: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Hermann Rasch
- Hermann Rasch (26 August 1914 – 10 June 1974) was a German U-boat commander of U-106 in World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. On 14 May 1942 Reinhard Suhren, commander of U-564, sunk the Mexican oil tanker Potrero del Llano.
- The sinking of this ship, compounded with U-106's attack on another tanker, the Faja de Oro, made Mexico declare war on the Axis powers.
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