Rolf Carls

Rolf Carls
Rolf Carls
Born	29 May 1885; Rostock
Died	24 April 1945 (aged 59); Bad Oldesloe
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1919); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy; Reichsmarine; Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1903–1943
Rank	Generaladmiral
Unit	SMS Stein; SMS Mars; SMS Fürst Bismarck; SMS Breslau
Commands held	SM U-124; SMS Hessen
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a Generaladmiral of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership and is one of the highest military leadership awards.

Rolf Carls was killed in an air raid on Bad Oldesloe on 24 April 1945.^{[Notes 1]} Carls together with 29 other people were killed in the cellar of the Vocational school in the Königstraße.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class (19 May 1915)^[3]
Imtiyaz Medal in Silver with Sabres (Ottoman Empire)
Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası), better known as the "Gallipoli Star", or the "Iron Crescent" (12 August 1915)^[3]
Silesian Eagle 2nd and 1st Class (27 January 1920)^[3]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (24 December 1934)^[3]
Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)^[4]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1943 as Generaladmiral in the Marinegruppenkommando Nord^[5]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1940 as Admiral and Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost^[6]^{[Notes 2]}
Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Star and Swords (27 April 1942)^[4]
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, First Class
Mentioned twice in the Wehrmachtbericht on 10 April 1940 and 21 October 1941

Reference in the Wehrmachtbericht

Date	Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording	Direct English translation
Thursday, 10 April 1940	Die militärischen Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Neutralität von Dänemark und Norwegen wurden am 9. April von starken Einheiten des Heeres, der Kriegsmarine und die Luftwaffe unter dem Oberbefehl des Generals der Infanterie von Falkenhorst, von Seestreitkräften unter dem Befehl des Generaladmirals Saalwächter und des Admirals Carls und von zahlreichen Verbänden der Luftwaffe unter Führung des Generalleutnants Geißler in engster Zusammenarbeit durchgeführt.^[7]	The military measures for the protection of the neutrality of Denmark were carried out on 9 April from strong units in close cooperation of the Heer, the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe under the high command of General of the Infantry von Falkenhorst, of naval forces under the command of Generaladmiral Saalwächter and Admiral Rolf Carls and from numerous Luftwaffe units under the leadership of Generalleutnant Geißler (sic).

Notes

^ Some sources claim that he was killed on 15 April 1945 while another source indicates that the aerial attack on Bad Oldesloe was on 24 April 1945.^[1]^[2]
^ According to Scherzer as commander-in-chief of Marinegruppenkommando Ost.^[2]

References

Citations

^ "60 Jahre nach dem Feuersturm auf Hamburg: Kreisarchiv Stormarn erhält einmaligen Fotofund". Kreis Stormarn (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 257.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dörr 1995, p. 119.
^ ^a ^b Dörr 1995, p. 120.
^ Patzwall and Scherzer 2001, p. 72.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 152.
^ Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, p. 101-102

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Military offices
Preceded by Admiral Richard Foerster	Chief of Fleet of the Kriegsmarine 21 December 1936 – 31 October 1938	Succeeded by Admiral Hermann Boehm

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[3] Some sources claim that he was killed on 15 April 1945 while another source indicates that the aerial attack on Bad Oldesloe was on 24 April 1945.^[1]^[2]

[8] According to Scherzer as commander-in-chief of Marinegruppenkommando Ost.^[2]

[1] "60 Jahre nach dem Feuersturm auf Hamburg: Kreisarchiv Stormarn erhält einmaligen Fotofund". Kreis Stormarn (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2011.

[Scherzer_p257-2] Scherzer 2007, p. 257.

[Dörr_p119-4] Dörr 1995, p. 119.

[Dörr_p120-5] Dörr 1995, p. 120.

[6] Patzwall and Scherzer 2001, p. 72.

[7] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 152.

[9] Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, p. 101-102

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Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Army	Wilhelm Adam Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Ludwig Beck Johannes Blaskowitz Eduard Dietl Friedrich Dollmann Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Johannes Frießner Werner von Fritsch Friedrich Fromm Heinz Guderian Curt Haase Franz Halder Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord Josef Harpe Gotthard Heinrici Walter Heitz Carl Hilpert Erich Hoepner Karl-Adolf Hollidt Hermann Hoth Hans-Valentin Hube Erwin Jaenecke Alfred Jodl Georg Lindemann Eberhard von Mackensen Erhard Raus Georg-Hans Reinhardt Lothar Rendulic Richard Ruoff Hans von Salmuth Rudolf Schmidt Eugen Ritter von Schobert Adolf Strauss Karl Strecker Heinrich von Vietinghoff Walter Weiß Kurt Zeitzler
Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Luftwaffe	Otto Deßloch Ulrich Grauert Hans Jeschonnek Alfred Keller Günther Korten Bruno Loerzer Alexander Löhr Günther Rüdel Kurt Student Hans-Jürgen Stumpff Ernst Udet Hubert Weise
General Admiral (Generaladmiral) of the Kriegsmarine	Conrad Albrecht Hermann Boehm Rolf Carls Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Oskar Kummetz Wilhelm Marschall Alfred Saalwächter Otto Schniewind Otto Schultze Walter Warzecha Karl Witzell
Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS	Sepp Dietrich Paul Hausser

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