Wolf Junge

Wolf Junge (5 January 1903 – 21 February 1964) was a German naval officer of World War II. As a Kapitän zur See, he was appointed the executive officer of the battleship Tirpitz in August 1943 under Kapitän zur See Hans Meyer.^[1] He temporarily took control of the ship on 3 April 1944 when Meyer was badly wounded during the Operation Tungsten air attack on the Tirpitz.^[2] Junge was subsequently confirmed in this role during May.^[1][3] However, he was unpopular with the battleship's crew as he was perceived to have had little experience operating warships at sea.^[4] Junge handed command of Tirpitz to Kapitän zur See Robert Weber in November 1944;^[1] Weber was formerly the first officer of the ship. Junge had been appointed as a staff officer at the OKM in that month.^[5]

Wolf Junge
Born	(1903-01-03)January 3, 1903 Schwarzenberg, Prussia, German Empire
Died	21 February 1964(1964-02-21) (aged 61)
Allegiance	Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1922 – 1945
Rank	Captain at sea
Battles / wars	World War II Operation Tungsten