{{Short description|German U-boat commander}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2016}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person | name = Georg Lassen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|5|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Berlin-Steglitz, German Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|01|18|1915|5|12|df=y}}<ref name="Obituary"/> | death_place = Mallorca, Spain | image = Georg Lassen.jpg | image_size = 100px | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | branch = Kriegsmarine | service_years = <!---1935–45---> | rank = Korvettenkapitän | commands = {{GS|U-29|1936|2}}<br/>{{GS|U-160|1941|2}}<br/>1. U-Boot-Lehrdivision | unit = <!---2nd U-boat Flotilla<br/>24th U-boat Flotilla<br/>4th U-boat Flotilla<br/>10th U-boat Flotilla----> | battles = Battle of the Atlantic | awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves | other_work = }}
'''Georg Lassen''' (12 May 1915 – 18 January 2012)<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net |title=Georg Lassen |url=http://uboat.net/men/lassen.htm |accessdate=25 February 2007}}</ref> was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was a Watch Officer on {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the {{GS|U-160|1941|2}} and recipient of the Knight’s Cross.
Whist aboard the ''U-29'' under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart the crew sunk a total of 12 ships, including the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. Lassen became commander of ''U-29'' on 3 January 1941 when Otto Schuhart was reassigned as a training instructor. The ''U-29'' was under Lassen's command until from 3 January 1941 to 14 September 1941 during which the submarine was a training boat attached to the 24th (Training) Flotilla.
After his stint aboard the ''U-29'', he was assigned command of ''U-160''. On his first patrol with the crew of ''U-160'' they sank and damaged a total of 6 vessels during the time between March and April 1942. A year later aboard ''U-160'' during a patrol in South African waters Lassen and his crew sank and/or damaged 6 ships in under 5 hours. Lassen received the Oak Leaves for his Iron Cross for his success during the South African patrol.
In June 1943, Lassen was reassigned as a tactics instructor with the 1. U-Boot Lehrdivision, the same training division his former commander Otto Schuhart was reassigned to earlier.<ref name="Obituary" />
Lassen became a businessman after the war and later worked as a managing director for a large company. In a traffic accident he lost an arm. His wife died after 55 years of marriage. In old age he moved to a retirement home in Mallorca, where he died on 18 January 2012 at the age of 96.
==Awards==
*Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (5 April 1939)<ref>Busch & Röll 2003, p. 234.</ref> *Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (18 July 1940)<ref name="Busch & Röll p235">Busch & Röll 2003, p. 235.</ref> * Memel Medal (26 October 1939)<ref name="Busch & Röll p235"/> * U-boat War Badge (1939) (18 July 1940)<ref name="Busch & Röll p235"/> * U-boat Front Clasp (22 October 1944)<ref name="Busch & Röll p235"/> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 10 August 1942 as ''Oberleutnant zur See'' and commander of ''U-160''<ref name="Scherzer p495">Scherzer 2007, p. 495.</ref> ** Oak Leaves on 7 March 1943 as ''Kapitänleutnant'' and commander of ''U-160''<ref name="Scherzer p495"/>
==References==
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===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last1=Busch |first1=Rainer |last2=Röll |first2=Hans-Joachim |year=2003 |title=Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 |trans-title=The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945 |language=German |location=Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany |publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn |isbn=978-3-8132-0515-2 }} * {{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }} {{Refend}}
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