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THe submarine he was captured on was on its way to Japan with German technology and engineers. The part about him returning from Tokyo cannot be true because the submarine never made it to Japan. News of Germany's unconditional surrender reached the submarine before it arrived in Japan. The commander then decided to head towards the USA and surrendered there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.12.224.191 ( talk) 06:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC) reply