Theodor Detmers
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Theodor Detmers was a German naval officer and captain of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Detmers
Theodor Detmers
Detmers' Prisoner of War Service and Casualty Form
Sinking of HMAS Sydney
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On 19 November 1941, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran engaged each other in a battle off the coast of Western Australia. Sydney, with Captain Joseph B
Theodor Detmers
…Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Detmers commanded the commerce raider Kormoran when it sunk the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle. Detmers joined the Reichsmarine in 1921 and served on the battleships Hannover and Elsass. He was educated on the sail training ship Niobe and also…
Sydney cruiser SLV H91.108 1019
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1985 074 27, Hilfskreuzer Kormoran
HMAS Sydney in 1940
Kormoran in 1940, view from a German U-boat