Walter Hennecke

Walter Hennecke
Walter Hennecke (left) and Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben surrendering to the American forces at Cherbourg
Born	(1898-05-23)23 May 1898 Betheln
Died	1 January 1984(1984-01-01) (aged 85) Bad Lippspringe
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1915–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Kaiserin
Commands held	cruiser Nürnberg battleship Schleswig-Holstein
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Hennecke (23 May 1898 – 1 January 1984) was a Konteradmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Hitler for "a feat unprecedented in the annals of coastal defense.", when he wrecked Cherbourg's port.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (5 March 1922)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (12 December 1939)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class^[1]
High Seas Fleet Badge^[1]
War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class^[1]
- 1st Class^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 June 1944 as Konteradmiral and sea commander of Normandy^[2]
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (27 June 1944)

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 Dörr 1995, p. 236.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 381.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
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.
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

External links

Walter Hennecke @ Deutsche Marinearchiv

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