Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
Born(1897-06-25)25 June 1897
Brake
Died20 August 1985(1985-08-20) (aged 88)
Cologne
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Kriegsmarine
RankVizeadmiral
CommandsCruiser Admiral Scheer
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken (25 June 1897 – 20 August 1985) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. From July 1944 to May 1945 he served as the final fleet commander of the Kriegsmarine.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Dörr 1996, p. 45.
  2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 533.
  • 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.
  • 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Military offices
Preceded by
Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind
 Fleet Commander of the Kriegsmarine
July 1944 – May 1945 		Succeeded by
none