Robert Gysae

Infobox Military Person
name=Robert Gysae
born=birth date|1911|1|14|df=y
died=dda|1989|4|26|1911|1|14|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire
placeofdeath=Wilhelmshaven, Germany


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nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1931-1970
rank=Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine), Flottillenadmiral (Bundesmarine)
commands=U-98, U-177, Marinepanzerjagd-Regiment 1, Marinedivision Nordsee
unit=
battles=Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
awards=Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
U-boat War Badge
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
U-boat Front Clasp
laterwork=

Commodore Robert Gysae (January 14 1911 – April 26 1989) was a famous Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He sailed with the U-98 and U-177, sinking twenty-five ships on eight patrols, for a total of 14,681.5 tons of Allied shipping, to become the fifteenth highest scoring U-Boat ace of WWII.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (31 May 1940)
** 1st Class (15 April 1941)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (31 May 1941)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (31 December 1941)
** Oak Leaves (31 May 1943)
* U-boat Front Clasp (1 October 1944)

References

http://uboat.net/men/gysae.htm

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1995. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.