Werner Winter
| Werner Winter | |
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| Born |
26 March 1912 Hamburg |
| Died | 9 September 1972 (aged 60) Kiel |
| Allegiance |
 Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
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| Years of service | 1930–45, 1957–70 |
| Rank |
Korvettenkapitän (Kriegsmarine) Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine) |
| Commands held |
U-22 U-103 1st U-boat Flotilla German Destroyer Z-1 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Werner Winter (26 March 1912 – 9 September 1972) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He reached the rank of Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, and later that of Kapitän zur See with the Bundesmarine.
Winter joined the Reichsmarine in April 1930, serving aboard the battleship Schlesien and the light cruiser Emden then transferred to the U-boat force in July 1935.
He served for a few months aboard U-22, before taking command of the U-boat in October 1937. In September 1939 he made two short and unsuccessful combat patrols, before joining the staff of the BdU, but returned in July 1941 to take command of U-103 from Viktor Schütze, making three successful patrols, sinking fifteen merchant ships, for a total of 79,302 tons of Allied shipping, including the USS W. L. Steed.
Winter testified in the court martial which sentenced , the commander of U-154, to death on charges of "defeatism". Kusch had served on U-103 under the command of Winter. Although the prosecution had only requested a 10-year sentence, the court led by Marine-Kriegs-Gerichtsrat Karl-Heinrich Hagemann, assisted by Oberleutnant zur See Otto Westphalen, sentenced him to death. Both Winter and his successor as commander of U-103, Gustav-Adolf Janssen, had tried their best to save the life of Kusch, whom they considered a very able and brave officer.
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