The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Johannsen was killed in an aerial attack on Le Havre on 14 June 1944 an interred at the cemetery of Le Havre and later re-interred at Saint Andre de Jure, row 13, grave 709. Bibliography.
Memel Medal (26 October 1939) Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1940) 1st Class (9 October 1942) Destroyer War Badge (14 October 1940) Fast Attack Craft War Badge (4 October 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1944 as Kapitänleutnant and chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille.
