Fritz Breithaupt

Infobox Military Person
name=Fritz Breithaupt
born=birth date|1892|9|5|df=y
died=dda|1944|12|25|1892|9|5|df=y
placeofbirth=Bromberg
placeofdeath=French West Coast, Channel Islands


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1919)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1911-1944
rank=Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves
commands=12.Minensuchflottille
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Fritz Breithaupt (5 September 1892 – 25 December 1944) was a Fregattenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (23 December 1939)
** 1st Class (29 May 1940)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
** Knight's Cross (3 August 1941)
** 387. Oak Leaves (10 February 1944)

References

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