Conrad Albrecht

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Conrad Albrecht (* 7 October 1880 in Bremen; † 18 August 1969 in Hamburg) was a German admiral during World War II.

[edit] Military career

Albrecht entered the Kaiserliche Marine in 1899 as a sea-cadet and served as a Korvettenkapitän and commander of a torpedo boat flotilla in Flanders during World War I. After the war Albrecht was promoted to Vice Admiral and commander of the Reichsmarine Baltic Sea command. He maintained this office until 1938, as its area of command was expanded. On 1 September 1939 Albrecht led the operations of the German Kriegsmarine during the Invasion of Poland. On 31 December 1939 he went into retirement.

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