Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

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Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
Born	(1897-06-25)25 June 1897 Brake
Died	20 August 1985(1985-08-20) (aged 88) Cologne
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1915–1945
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Unit	SMS Freya U-80 U-117
Commands held	pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Gerhard Oskar Julius Meendsen-Bohlken (25 June 1897 – 20 August 1985) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (1 July 1916)^[1]
- 1st Class (30 December 1919)^[1]
U-boat War Badge (1914) (October 1918)^[1]
Cross of Honor (5 October 1934)
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (10 June 1942)^[1]
- 1st Class (30 August 1942)^[1]
War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (15 September 1942)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 May 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der deutsches Marinekommandos in Italien (Commander-in-chief of the German Naval Commando in Italy)^[2]^[3]
High Seas Fleet Badge (29 November 1942)^[1]
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 5 October 1943
Ärmelband Afrika (1943)^[1]

References

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dörr 1996, p. 45.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 306.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 533.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind	Chief of Fleet of the Kriegsmarine July 1944 – May 1945	Succeeded by none

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine High Command

Commander-in-Chief	Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Chief of Staff of the Naval Operations	Otto Schniewind Kurt Fricke

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost	Rolf Carls

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber West	Alfred Saalwächter Theodor Krancke² (Oak Leaves)

Commander of the security of the North Sea	Kurt Böhmer Eberhard Wolfram Ernst Lucht

Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea	Hans Stohwasser

Commanding Admiral Aegean Sea	Werner Lange

Commanding Admiral Ostland	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Norwegian West Coast	Otto von Schrader

Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Black Sea	Gustav Kieseritzky Helmuth Brinkmann

Commander-in-chief of the German Naval Commando in Italy	Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Commander-in-Chief of the battleships	Otto Ciliax

Commander-in-Chief of the reconnaissance forces	Günther Lütjens Hubert Schmundt

Leader of the mine sweepers	Friedrich Ruge

Leader of the torpedo boats	Hans Bütow

Befehlshaber der U-Boote	Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Leader of the destroyers	Friedrich Bonte

Leader of the Kampfgruppe Oslo	Oskar Kummetz

Commander-in-Chief of the Kampfgruppe Thiele	August Thiele⁴ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross as Befehlshaber der U-Boote ² Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer ³ Knight's Cross as Commanding Admiral Ostland, Oak Leaves as Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea. ⁴ Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Lützow

Persondata
Name	Meendsen-Bohlken, Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	German admiral
Date of birth	25 June 1897
Place of birth	Brake
Date of death	20 August 1985
Place of death	Cologne

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