Wentzel Ahbe /

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About : Wentzel Ahbe was a highly-decorated U-Boat captain in the Kriegsmarine, who had survived many a depth-charge battle during the Battle of the Atlantic. In March of 1945, he led U-1324 out of Kiel, Germany on one last mission: transport Lt. Col. Matsuda back to the Japanese base in Batavia (now Jakarta), in the South China Sea. Ahbe did pick one other passenger... SS Lt. Col. Spielberger, who was carrying an unknown cargo with him. For the most part, U-1324 was remarkably lucky: it ran into few e...