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Nicknames of U-boat commanders


"Adi" SchneeAdalbert Schnee, commander of U-201 & U-2511
"Ajax" BleichrodtHeinrich Bleichrodt, commander of U-48 & U-109
"Ali" CremerPeter Erich Cremer, commander of U-333.
"Bertl" EndrassEngelbert Endrass, Commander of U-46 and U-567.
"Grosse Löwe"Karl Dönitz BdU (The Big Lion).
"Päckchen" WohlfahrtHerbert Wohlfarth, commander of U-556.
"Parzival"Herbert Wohlfarth, commander of U-556.
"Prientje"- "Prienchen"Günther Prien, commander of U-47.
"Recke"Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, commander of U-96.
"Scherry Brandi"Albrecht Brandi, commander of U-617 & U-967.
"Schweigsame Otto"Otto Kretschmer, commander of U-99 (Silent Otto).
"Tüte" TimmHeinrich Timm, commander of U-251 & U-862.
"Teddy" SuhrenReinhardt Suhren, commander of U-564.
"Vati" SchultzeHerbert Schultze, commander of U-48 (Daddy Schultze).
"Wilde Moritz"Georg von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, commander of U-459 (Wild Moritz).

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Special thanks to Bob Connolly for language editing and additions.