* Commander, Navy Group North (1940-1943) * Commander Navy Group East (1939-1940) * Commander, Naval Region Baltic Sea (1938-1939) * Fleet commander of the German Navy (1936-1938) * Commander German naval forces, Spanish Civil War (1936-1937) * Commander of Liners (1935-1936)[N 4]
Contender for the position of Navy Commander-in-Chief. After the post went to Karl Dönitz, retired from the Navy in May 1943. Killed in an allied air raid in 1945
* Commander, Navy Group West (1943) * Commanding Admiral of France (1942) * Commander, Navy Group South (1941-1942) * Inspector of Naval education (1940-1941) * Fleet commander of the German Navy (1939-1940) * Commander of Battleships (1938-1939) * Commander German naval forces, Spanish Civil War (1937-1938)
Placed on the inactive officer list in 1943 Recalled twice for special duty (1944-1945) Held as a prisoner of war (1945-1947)
* Commander, Naval Forces Norway (1943-1945) * Commander of Battleships (1941-1943) * Chief of Staff, Navy Group West (1939-1941) * Commanding Officer, Scharnhorst (1939)
^Previously had served as Commander-in-Chief of the Reichsmarine from 1928 to 1935
^Also held this position in the Reichsmarine with date of appointment from 25 September 1934
^Also held this position in the Reichsmarine with date of appointment from 29 September 1934
^While serving as fleet commander, embarked onboard the battleship Bismarck in order to serve as the operational flag officer while Captain Ernst Lindemann served as the ship's commander. Lütjens was subsequently killed during the battle of the Denmark Strait, making him the only Kriegsmarine fleet commander to die in active combat against an enemy
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This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2017 Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine were the leadership of the German Navy known then as the Kriegsmarine from 1935 to 1945 Most flag officers had also served as officers of the Reichsmarine as well as the Imperial German Navy during World War I German naval flag officers were divided into five Admiralty ranks while a senior captain rank known as Kommodore also existed The Kriegsmarine flag officers were responsible for holding the senior most naval positions within the organization of the Kriegsmarine Contents 1 Grand admirals 2 General admirals 3 Admirals 4 Vice admirals 5 Rear admirals 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Bibliography 7 2 NotesGrand admirals editRank Name Born Naval service Major positions Post war fate Died nbsp nbsp Grossadmiral nbsp Karl Donitz 16 Sep 1891 Grunau 1910 1945 35 years Supreme Commander of the German Armed Forces 1945 N 1 Commander in Chief of the German Navy 1943 1945 Commander of Submarines 1939 1943 Leader of Submarines 1936 1939 Sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Nuremberg trials Released in October 1956 24 Dec 1980 Aumuhle Aged 89 nbsp Erich Raeder 24 Apr 1876 Wandsbek 1894 1943 49 years Commander in Chief of the German Navy 1935 1943 N 2 Sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials Released 1955 and died five years later 6 Nov 1960 Kiel Aged 84General admirals editGeneral admirals of the KriegsmarineRank Name Born Naval service Major positions Post war fate Died nbsp nbsp Generaladmiral nbsp Conrad Albrecht 7 Oct 1880 Bremen 1899 1939 40 years Commander Navy Group East 1938 1939 Baltic Sea Regional Commander 1935 1938 Retired shortly after the beginning of World War IIWas not investigated by the allied occupation forces after the war 18 Aug 1969 Hamburg Aged 88 nbsp Hermann Boehm 18 Jan 1884 Rybnik 1903 1945 42 years Inspector of Naval education 1944 1945 Commander Norwegian Naval Area 1940 1943 Fleet commander of the German Navy 1938 1939 Commander Naval Region North Sea 1937 1938 Commander German naval forces Spanish Civil War 1936 1937 Commander of Surface Craft 1935 1937 N 3 Testified in defense of Erich Raeder at the Nuremberg trials 11 Apr 1972 Kiel Aged 88 nbsp Rolf Carls 29 May 1885 Rostock 1903 1943 40 years Commander Navy Group North 1940 1943 Commander Navy Group East 1939 1940 Commander Naval Region Baltic Sea 1938 1939 Fleet commander of the German Navy 1936 1938 Commander German naval forces Spanish Civil War 1936 1937 Commander of Liners 1935 1936 N 4 Contender for the position of Navy Commander in Chief After the post went to Karl Donitz retired from the Navy in May 1943 Killed in an allied air raid in 1945 24 Apr 1945 Bad Oldesloe Aged 59Hans Georg von Friedeburg 15 Jul 1895 Strasbourg 1914 1945 31 years Commander in Chief of the German Navy 1945 Commander of Submarines 1943 1945 Deputy commander of submarines 1941 1943 Surrendered German forces to the western allies in May 1945 Afterwards committed suicide 23 May 1945 Flensburg Aged 49 nbsp Oskar Kummetz 21 Jul 1891 Illowo 1910 1945 35 years Baltic Sea Regional Commander 1944 1945 Commander of Surface Forces 1944 Commander of Cruisers 1942 1943 Inspector of Torpedoes 1939 1942 Staff officer Navy Fleet amp Baltic Sea commands 1937 1939 Leader of Torpedo boats 1935 1937 Held as a prisoner of war until November 30 1946 17 Dec 1980 Neustadt Aged 89 nbsp Wilhelm Marschall 30 Sep 1886 Augsburg 1906 1945 39 years Commander Navy Group West 1943 Commanding Admiral of France 1942 Commander Navy Group South 1941 1942 Inspector of Naval education 1940 1941 Fleet commander of the German Navy 1939 1940 Commander of Battleships 1938 1939 Commander German naval forces Spanish Civil War 1937 1938 Placed on the inactive officer list in 1943Recalled twice for special duty 1944 1945 Held as a prisoner of war 1945 1947 20 Mar 1976 Molln Aged 89Alfred Saalwachter 10 Jan 1883 Neusalz 1901 1942 41 years Commander Navy Group West 1939 1942 Commander Naval Region North Sea 1938 1939 Captured by the Red Army in June 1945Executed by firing squad after a show trialExonerated in the late 1990s by a Russian court 6 Dec 1945 Moscow Aged 62 nbsp Otto Schniewind 14 Dec 1887 Saarlouis 1907 1944 37 years Commander Navy Group North 1943 1944 Fleet commander of the German Navy 1941 1944 Chief of Staff Navy War Office 1938 1941 Placed on inactive list in July 1944Acquitted of war crimes at the High Command TrialServed on Naval Historical Team 1949 1952 26 Mar 1964 Linz am Rhein Aged 76Otto Schultze 11 May 1884 Oldenburg 1900 19371939 1942 40 years Commanding Admiral of France 1941 1942 Commander Naval Region North Sea 1939 Commander Naval Station North Sea 1935 1937 Retired from the Kriegsmarine in 1937Recalled for three months in 1939 and then again in 1941Final retirement on 31 August 1942 22 Jan 1966 Hamburg Aged 81 nbsp Walter Warzecha 23 May 1891 Schwiebus 1909 1945 36 years Commander in Chief of the Germany Navy 1945 Chief of the Navy War Office 1944 1945 Chief of the Navy General Headquarters 1939 1944 Served as Commander in Chief of the Navy for one month May June 1945 Released as a prisoner of war in 1947 3 Aug 1956 Hamburg Aged 65 nbsp Karl Witzell 18 Oct 1884 Hiersfeld 1902 1942 40 years Chief of Naval Armaments 1939 1942 Retired from active service in 1942Soviet prisoner of war for ten years released in 1955 31 May 1976 Berlin Aged 91Admirals editAdmirals of the KriegsmarineRank Name Born Naval service Major positions Post war fate Died nbsp nbsp Admiral nbsp Wilhelm Canaris 1 Jan 1887 Aplerbeck 1905 1944 39 years Chief of Military Intelligence 1935 1944 Implicated in the 20 July Plot and imprisoned by the Gestapoexecuted by the SS in 1945 9 Apr 1945 Flossenburg Aged 58 nbsp Otto Ciliax 30 Oct 1891 Neudietendorf 1910 1945 35 years Commander Naval Forces Norway 1943 1945 Commander of Battleships 1941 1943 Chief of Staff Navy Group West 1939 1941 Commanding Officer Scharnhorst 1939 Father of Flottillenadmiral Otto Hermann Ciliax 12 Dec 1964 Travemunde Aged 73 nbsp Gunther Lutjens 25 May 1889 Wiesbaden 1907 1941 34 years Fleet commander of the German Navy 1940 1941 N 5 Battleship force commander Operation Weserubung 1940 Commander of Surface Craft 1939 1940 Leader of Torpedo Boats 1937 1939 Killed in action during on board the battleship Bismarck in 1941 27 May 1941 Atlantic Ocean Aged 52Vice admirals editVice admirals of the KriegsmarineRank Name Born Naval service Major positions Post war fate Died nbsp nbsp Vizeadmiral nbsp Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere 18 Mar 1886 Posen 1903 19321939 1941 31 years Naval Commander of the Netherlands 1940 1941 Transferred to command Navy Group SouthKilled en route in a plane crash 24 Feb 1941 Le Bourget Aged 54 nbsp Hellmuth Heye 9 Aug 1895 Beckingen 1914 1945 31 years Chief of Naval Special Operations 1944 1945 Released after one year of captivity as a prisoner of warElected to the Bundestag of West Germany 1953 1961 10 Nov 1970 Mittelheim Aged 75Wilhelm Meendsen Bohlken 25 Jun 1897 Brake 1915 1945 30 years Fleet commander of the German Navy 1944 1945 Commander Italian Naval Region 1943 1944 Arrested at the war s end as a member of the Navy High CommandLater released without charge 20 Aug 1985 Cologne Aged 88 nbsp Leopold Siemens 17 May 1889 Berlin 1910 1945 35 years Staff Officer Naval Region Baltic Sea 1944 1945 Commander Norwegian coastal region 1943 1944 Deputy fleet commander German Navy 1940 1941 Placed on inactive duty January 1945 withno further assignments before the end of World War II 7 Dec 1979 Cologne Aged 90Rear admirals editRear admirals of the KriegsmarineRank Name Born Naval service Major positions Post war fate Died nbsp nbsp Konteradmiral nbsp Erich Bey 23 Mar 1898 Hamburg 1916 1943 27 years Commander of Cruisers 1943 Commander of Destroyers 1940 1943 Led a battleship destroyer task forceto attack a British convoy on Christmas Day 1943 Killed in the subsequent engagement with the Royal Navy 26 Dec 1943 North Cape Norway Aged 45 nbsp Kurt Bohmer 31 Dec 1892 Magdeburg 1914 1944 30 years Commander 9th Naval Security Division 1942 1944 Leader of Minesweepers North 1941 1942 Leader of Special Craft West 1940 1941 Killed by Latvian partisans while hunting 1 Oct 1944 Ventspils Aged 51Robert Eyssen 2 Apr 1892 Frankfurt 1912 1945 33 years Chief of Vienna Military District III 1944 1945 31 Mar 1960 Baden Baden Aged 67Werner Furbringer 2 Oct 1888 Braunschweig 1907 19201927 1943 29 years Tactical officer Office of Submarines 1939 1945 Obtained flag rank towards the end of World War II 8 Feb 1982 Braunschweig Aged 93 nbsp Eberhard Godt 15 Aug 1900 Lubeck 1918 1945 27 years Chief of Operations of Submarines 1939 1945 Advisor to the Naval Historical Team regardingU boat operations during World War II 13 Sep 1995 Lubeck Aged 95Karl Jesko von Puttkamer 24 Mar 1900 Frankfurt 1917 1945 28 years Naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler 1943 1945 N 6 Held as a prisoner of war from 1945 to 1947 4 Mar 1981 Munich Aged 80Gerhard Wagner 23 Nov 1898 Schwerin 1916 1945 29 years Operations officer Naval war command 1942 1945 Accompanied Admiral von Friedeburg for thesurrender of German forces to Bernard Montgomery Later served as a rear admiral in the West German Navy 26 Jun 1987 Altenkirchen Aged 88See also editList of German admiralsReferences editBibliography edit Lohmann W amp Hildebrand H Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine Verlag Hans Henning Podzun Bad Nauheim 1956 Goerlitz Walter History of the German General Staff 1657 1945 Boulder and London Westview Press 1985 Notes edit As President of Germany Previously had served as Commander in Chief of the Reichsmarine from 1928 to 1935 Also held this position in the Reichsmarine with date of appointment from 25 September 1934 Also held this position in the Reichsmarine with date of appointment from 29 September 1934 While serving as fleet commander embarked onboard the battleship Bismarck in order to serve as the operational flag officer while Captain Ernst Lindemann served as the ship s commander Lutjens was subsequently killed during the battle of the Denmark Strait making him the only Kriegsmarine fleet commander to die in active combat against an enemy Present during the 20 July plot award the Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine amp oldid 1166203649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
