Albrecht Brandi

M1, May 1940 April 1941 U617, April 1942 September 1943 U380, December 1943 March 1944

Brandi, the son of the industrialmanager Ernst Brandi, was born in Dortmund, Germany and grew up in the Weimar Republic. After the rise of the Third Reich in 1933, he joined the navy in 1935. Following service on minesweepers, Brandi began his Uboat career in April 1941. He first served as a commanderintraining on U552, which was commanded by Erich Topp, before taking command of U617 in April 1942 on seven war patrols, all but one in the Mediterranean theater of operations. OnSeptember 1943, U617 came under aerial attack off the Moroccan coast. U617 was severely damaged forcing Brandi to beach the boat. The crew abandoned ship and were interned by Spanish forces. Brandi escaped internment and returned to Germany where he was given command of U380 which he took on one patrol before the submarine was destroyed in an aerial attack while at port in Toulon. He was then given command of U967. After one patrol, Brandi was appointed chief of Uboat operations in the eastern Baltic Sea. In J

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