Georg Lassen

{{Short description|German U-boat commander}}

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{{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}}

| death_place = Mallorca, Spain

| image = Georg Lassen.jpg

| image_size = 100px

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| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = Kriegsmarine

| serviceyears =

| rank = Korvettenkapitän

| commands = {{GS|U-29|1936|2}}
{{GS|U-160|1941|2}}
1. U-Boot-Lehrdivision

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| battles = Battle of the Atlantic

| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Georg Lassen (12 May 1915 – 18 January 2012){{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}} 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.

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.