Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars. Lütjens is best...

Günther Lütjens, who is portrayed as a stereotypical committed Nazi, crazed in his undaunted belief that Bismarck is unsinkable. In reality, Lütjens did...

much larger and more capable in all aspects than the Lütjens-class destroyers. The three Lütjens destroyers were purchased from the US to provide air...

media related to D185 Lütjens (ship, 1969). https://web.archive.org/web/20051227153145/http://www.ddg28.de/ MaritimeQuest Lütjens D-185 photo gallery...

be false. Consequently, the name Lütjens, named after Admiral Günther Lütjens, was chosen instead. The street "Günther-Prien-Straße" in Schönberg, Plön...

Look up Günther in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The given name Günther, Guenther, Gunther, Günter, Guenter or Gunter may refer to: Gunther, semi-legendary...

the destroyer HMS Mashona. Under the command of the Fleet Commander Günther Lütjens, the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen tried...

Günther Lütjens (1889–1941) was a German admiral best known for commanding the sortie of the battleship Bismarck in World War II. Lutjens or Lütjens may...

extensive tour of the ships, after which Hitler met Lütjens to discuss the forthcoming mission. On 16 May, Lütjens reported that Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were...

Wilhelmshaven on the morning of 7 April under the command of vice admiral Günther Lütjens. They were joined by the invasion force for Trondheim, consisting of...

heavily guarded. Admiral Günther Lütjens replaced Marschall as the commander of the squadron permanently, and on 20 June Lütjens sortied with Gneisenau...

Norway during the Second World War. A German squadron under Vizeadmiral Günther Lütjens consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau met and engaged...

cruiser Prinz Eugen formed a task force under the command of Admiral Günther Lütjens on board Bismarck. Orders were to break out of their base in German-occupied...

hours). Lütjens refused to allow Lindemann to give chase, giving no explanation. Lindemann repeated his request, this time more assertively. Lütjens held...

it was realised that Lütjens was heading for Brest, Bismarck had broken the naval cordon and gained a lead. By 11 p.m., Lütjens was well to the east of...

engagement, ensured that Marschall was replaced as Flottenchef by Admiral Günther Lütjens. Marschall led the inspection of naval education for two years beginning...

of the Home Fleet were still in port, the German fleet commander, Günther Lütjens, decided to break into the Atlantic via the Denmark Strait, which resulted...

May 1941, aboard the new battleship Bismarck alongside Fleet Admiral Günther Lütjens and other staff officers. German Cross in Gold on 30 April 1942 as...

make their flagship on-board one of Germany's larger capital ships. Günther Lütjens, while serving as fleet commander, embarked on board the battleship...

delayed while repairs were carried out. Admirals Erich Raeder and Günther Lütjens discussed the possibility of delaying the operation further, in the...

transport fleets. The plan revised on 14 September 1940 by Admiral Günther Lütjens called for three groups of five U-boats, all seven destroyers, and...

found the convoy. The German squadron was under the command of Admiral Günther Lütjens. The captain of Scharnhorst offered to draw off the escorting Royal...

Korvettenkapitän Kurt Fricke Führer der Torpedoboote (F.d.T.) 1933–1939 25 September 1933 – 5 October 1934 Succeeded by Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens...

Schniewind was appointed as successor to Günther Lütjens as the fleet commander of the Kriegsmarine after Lütjens was lost with his ship. In 1943, his position...

in Havana (1959) as Dr. Braun Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as Admiral Günther Lütjens I Aim at the Stars (1960) as Captain Dornberger Three Moves to Freedom...

naval life and victories during the war. One such correspondent, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, later published a novel based on his war experiences which was...

attacked by two German destroyers, Z1 Leberecht Maass (with Rear Admiral Günther Lütjens) and Z9 Wolfgang Zenker. Polish warships and a shore battery repulsed...

fleet commanders, Vice Admirals Hermann Boehm, Wilhelm Marschall, and Günther Lütjens. On 1 January 1940 Saalwächter was promoted to Generaladmiral. Along...

Group West informed Lütjens that intercepted British radio messages indicated that his ships had been sighted the previous day. Lütjens judged that the British...

battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau under the command of Vice Admiral Günther Lütjens, which were assigned to cover Groups 1 and 2. The ships steamed out...