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Discussion in 'Atlantic Naval Conflict' started by C.Evans, Feb 21, 2007.

  1. C.Evans

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    To the best of my knowledge, this is a complete list of all Kriegsmarine Admirals.

    If interested in sources, I got many of them from a U boat/vet friend of mine about two years ago. I am told that this is a complete list, or to the best of his knowledge.

    Grossadmirals:

    Erich Raeder.
    Karl Donitz.

    Generaladmirals:

    Conrad Albrecht.
    Hermann Boehm.
    Rolf Carls.
    Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.
    Oskar Kummetz.
    Wilhelm Marschall.
    Alfred Saalwachter.
    Otto Schniewind.
    Otto Schultze.
    Walter Warzechna.
    Karl Witzell.

    Admirals:

    Johannes Bachmann.
    Otto Beckenkohler.
    Max Bastian.
    Hanns Benda.
    Theodor Burchardi.

    Wilhelm Canaris.
    Otto Ciliax.

    Hermann Densch.

    Paul Fanger.
    Hans Fechter.
    Otto Fiege.
    Alfred Fikentscher.
    Hermann von Fischel.
    Friedrich Fleischer.
    Erich Forste.
    Richard Foerster.
    Kurt Fricke.
    Werner Fuchs.

    Ernst Freiherr von Gagern.
    Walter Gladisch.
    Otto Groos.
    Gunther Guse.

    Gottfried Hansen.
    Emil Heusinger von Waldegg.
    Otto Harmel.

    Theodor Krancke.

    Eugen Lindau.
    Gunther Lutjens.

    Wilhelm Meisel.
    Paul Mewis.
    Sigmund Moosauer.
    Hermann Mootz.

    Willy von Nordeck.

    Conrad Patzig.
    Wilhelm Prentzel.

    Hubert Schmundt.
    Otto von Schrader.
    Karlgeorg Schuster.

    Werner Tillessen.

    Paul Wennecker.
    Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach.

    Erich Ziege.

    Vizeadmirals:

    Heinrich Ancker.
    Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere.
    Theodor Arps.
    Kurt Assmann.

    Martin Balzer.
    Karl Bartenbach.
    Paul Berndt.
    Werner Bettenhauser.
    Kurt von dem Borne.
    Walter Brauer.
    Ferdinand Brandis.
    Helmuth Brinkmann.
    Leopold Burkner.
    Hermann Burkhardt.
    Frits Burmeister.

    Xaver Dorsch.

    Alfred Eckhardt.
    Eduard Eichel.

    Max Flegal.
    Walther Franz.
    Albrecht Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen.
    Friedrich Frisius.
    Walter Frohlich.

    Friedrich Gotting.
    Werner Grassmann.
    Emil Greul.

    Heinrich Hanke.
    Heino Heinburg.
    Hellmuth Heye.
    Kurt Caesar Hoffmann.
    Friedrich Huffmeier.

    Ernst Junckermann.
    Curt Just.

    Karl Kaufmann.
    Gustav Kieseritzky.
    Walther Kinzel.
    Gustav Kliekamp.
    Hans Kolbe.
    Walter Krastel.
    Gunther Krause.
    Leo Kreisch.
    Friedrich-Wilhelm Kurze.

    Fritz Lamprecht.
    Werner Lange.
    Joachim Lietzmann.
    Werner Lowisch.
    Walter Georg Lohmann.
    Hermann Lottmann.
    Gustav Luttge.
    Friedrich Lutzow.

    Bruno Machens.
    Erhard Maertens.
    Ralf von der Marwitz.
    Siegfried Massmann.
    Walter Matthiae.
    Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken.
    Alexander Michaels.

    Fritz Nobe.
    Heinz Nordmann.

    Karl Packross.
    Hans Peters.
    Adolf Pfeiffer.
    Paul Presze.

    Georg Reimer.
    Hermann Reuter.
    Friedrich Rieve.
    Bernhard Rogge.
    Heinrich Rosenberger.
    Withold Rother.
    Joachim Rudolphi.
    Friedrich Ruge.

    Robin Schall-Emden.
    Otto Schenk.
    Ernst Schirlitz.
    Alfred Schirmer.
    Theo Schrieber.
    Ludwig von Schroder.
    Fried Schurer.
    Adalbert Schusser.
    Erich Schultz-Monting.
    Thilo von Seebach.
    Wilhelm Sellmer.
    Leopold Siemons.
    Kurt Sievogt.
    Rudolf Stange.
    Heinrich Stiegel.
    Ernst Stieringer.
    Hans-Herbert Stobwasser.
    Hans Stohwasser.
    Hans-Hubertus von Stasch.
    Herbert Straehler.

    Karl Thater.
    August Thiele.
    Karl Topp.
    Wolf von Trotha.

    Kurt Utke.

    Hans-Erich Voss.

    Eberhard Weichord.
    Alexander Werth.
    Paul Wever.
    Franz Wieting.
    Robert Witthoeft-Emden
    Ernst Wolf.
    Eberhard Wolfram.
    Paul Wulfing von Ditten.

    Will have to finish this list in the next few days starting with the Konteradmiral listings
     
  2. Kai-Petri

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    Great looking list!

    BTW, I have read somewhere that Admiral Hellmuth Heye received Knight´s Cross for a single action in january 1941. Anyone read about that?
     
  3. Erich

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    so when does someone add photos of these guys to the list(s). yes I know it's huge and will take some time but ........... ?

    thanks again Carl for posting this from the winter months
     
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  5. Kai-Petri

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    Interesting list.

    Noticed that:

    Oskar Kummetz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Battle of Drøbak Sound, during which his command, the Blücher was sunk by Norwegian fortress gunfire between the sound.
     

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