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'''Wolf Junge''' was a German naval officer of [[World War II]]. As a [[Captain at sea|Kapitän zur See]], he was appointed the executive officer of the battleship [[German battleship Tirpitz|''Tirpitz'']] in August 1943 under Kapitän zur See [[Hans Meyer]].{{sfn|Koop|Schmolke|2014|p=67}} He temporarily took control of the ship on 3 April 1944 when Meyer was badly wounded during the [[Operation Tungsten]] air attack on ''Tipitz''.{{sfn|Bishop|2012|pp=307}} Junge was subsequently confirmed in this role during May.{{sfn|Koop|Schmolke|2014|p=67}}{{sfn|Bishop|2012|pp=339}} However, he was not well liked by the crew as he was perceived to have had little experience operating warships at sea.{{sfn|Bishop|2012|pp=347}} Junge handed command of ''Tirpitz'' to Kapitän zur See Robert Weber in November 1944.{{sfn|Koop|Schmolke|2014|p=67}}

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