Karl-Heinz Marbach Explained

Karl-Heinz Marbach
Birth Date:	5 July 1917
Death Place:	Bonn--->
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Kriegsmarine
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl-Heinz Marbach (5 July 1917 – 27 September 1995) was a German officer who served in the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during World War II, and later in the West German Navy. From 1950 to 1959 he was Principal Agent of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-funded network with the codename LCCASSOCK, which was one of CIA's Psychological warfare efforts directed against Eastern Germany.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 April 1940) & 1st Class (21 November 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 July 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U-953

References

Bibliography

Book: Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 . The U-Boat War 1939–1945 — The Knight's Cross Bearers of the U-Boat Force from September 1939 to May 1945 . Busch . Rainer . Röll . Hans-Joachim . 2003 . Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn . Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany . de . 978-3-8132-0515-2.
Book: Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . 2000 . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . First published 1986 . Podzun-Pallas . Friedberg, Germany . de . 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Web site: LCCASSOCK Review . Central Intelligence Agency . 1956-10-19 . 2015-02-22 . . 2015-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223000145/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/1705143/LCCASSOCK%20BASIC%20PAPERS%20AND%20FINANCIAL%20%20%20VOL.%202_0029.pdf . dead .
Book: Scherzer, Veit . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . 2007 . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . Jena, Germany . de . 978-3-938845-17-2.