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You know the Von Trapp Singing Family. You know the "Sound of Music" movie. Well he actually has a good combat record in his day in WW1 and the Boxer rebellion too. He sunk a few ships...
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Boxer rebellion...
Georg Johannes von Trapp (1880 – 1947) was born in the coastal city of Zara in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays the city of Zadar, Croatia. He followed his father's footsteps, joining the Austrian Navy in 1894. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion in China, von Trapp was decorated for his performance aboard the armored cruiser SMS Empress and Queen Maria Theresa. He soon became enamored with submarines and secured a transfer to Austria's newly-formed submarine service, the U-Boot-Waffe.
Here WW1... Subs... The first sub to sink a sub...
Later, in August, U-5 sank the Italian submarine Nereide, Italy having entered the war in May 1915 on the Allied side after being promised a greater share of the spoils of war than the Central Powers were willing to offer.
Captain von Trapp commanded U-14 from October 1915 until May 1918, when he was given command of an Austrian submarine base. During that period, U-14 sank eleven cargo ships, including the Italian steamer Milazzo, which, displacing 20,000 tons, was one of the largest cargo ships in the world.
All told, Captain von Trapp made 19 war patrols, sank 11 cargo vessels totaling 46,000 tons, captured one cargo vessel and sank two warships. For these acts, he was awarded several honors, among them the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the highest award given in the Austrian Navy. Von Trapp was the most decorated officer in the Austrian Navy and was made a knight, earning the title “Ritter” and became Georg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp, though he was often referred to as Baron von Trapp.
His thoughts....
"So that's what war looks like! There behind me hundreds of seamen have drowned, men who have done me no harm, men who did their duty as I myself have done, against whom I have nothing personally; with whom, on the contrary, I have felt a bond through sharing the same profession."
— Captain Georg von Trapp
World War 1 History: Captain von Trapp Before the Sound of Music
Captain Georg von Trapp, leader of the world famous von Trapp family singers made famous by the Sound Of Music , was, in fact, an Austrian naval hero during World War I.
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Boxer rebellion...
Georg Johannes von Trapp (1880 – 1947) was born in the coastal city of Zara in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays the city of Zadar, Croatia. He followed his father's footsteps, joining the Austrian Navy in 1894. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion in China, von Trapp was decorated for his performance aboard the armored cruiser SMS Empress and Queen Maria Theresa. He soon became enamored with submarines and secured a transfer to Austria's newly-formed submarine service, the U-Boot-Waffe.
Here WW1... Subs... The first sub to sink a sub...
Later, in August, U-5 sank the Italian submarine Nereide, Italy having entered the war in May 1915 on the Allied side after being promised a greater share of the spoils of war than the Central Powers were willing to offer.
Captain von Trapp commanded U-14 from October 1915 until May 1918, when he was given command of an Austrian submarine base. During that period, U-14 sank eleven cargo ships, including the Italian steamer Milazzo, which, displacing 20,000 tons, was one of the largest cargo ships in the world.
All told, Captain von Trapp made 19 war patrols, sank 11 cargo vessels totaling 46,000 tons, captured one cargo vessel and sank two warships. For these acts, he was awarded several honors, among them the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the highest award given in the Austrian Navy. Von Trapp was the most decorated officer in the Austrian Navy and was made a knight, earning the title “Ritter” and became Georg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp, though he was often referred to as Baron von Trapp.
His thoughts....
"So that's what war looks like! There behind me hundreds of seamen have drowned, men who have done me no harm, men who did their duty as I myself have done, against whom I have nothing personally; with whom, on the contrary, I have felt a bond through sharing the same profession."
— Captain Georg von Trapp
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