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    Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Barten: North Atlantic Oberbefehlshaber Marinegruppenkommando West - Admiral Alfred Saalwächter Kommandierender Admiral der Marinestation...
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    assignment as the Kriegsmarine fleet commander. Schniewind's title was Marinegruppenkommando Nord und Flottenchef which he held until his command was disbanded...
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    occupied France and replaced Alfred Saalwächter as commander of Marinegruppenkommando West. On 1 February 1943 he was promoted to Generaladmiral, but...
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    Convoy PQ 18 was an Arctic convoy of forty Allied freighters from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union in the war against Nazi Germany...
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    /Jagdgeschwader 77. According to Scherzer a commander-in-chief of Marinegruppenkommando Ost (Naval Group Commando East). According to Scherzer last name...
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    Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Admiral and commander in chief of Marinegruppenkommando West (Navy Group Command West) Dörr 1995, p. 358. Scherzer 2007...
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    December 1942 as General Admiral in Marinegruppenkommando West According to Scherzer as commander of Marinegruppenkommando West. Hildebrand 1989, pp. 172....
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  • wounded in an air attack. In Saverne, he confronts the officers of Marinegruppenkommando West, the regional command of the Kriegsmarine. He draws his pistol...
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    directives had been prepared by Marinegruppenkommando West, under the command of Generaladmiral Saalwächter and Marinegruppenkommando Ost, under the command of...
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    SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 11. According to Scherzer as commander of Marinegruppenkommando West. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the...
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    Walter Krastel, the deputy commander of mine warfare vessels under Marinegruppenkommando Nord (Navy Group Command North). She led the Eastern Group to Ostend...
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    German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1943 as Generaladmiral in the Marinegruppenkommando Nord Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1940 as Admiral...
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  • fleet commander with that of a group commander. A new position, Marinegruppenkommando Nord und Flottenchef was then created giving the fleet commander...
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    commanded by Admiral Boehm, the Admiral Commanding Norway, from the Marinegruppenkommando Nord (Naval Group North) HQ in Kiel. Three flag officers were detached...
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    section of the Biscay coast. With the Germans under the command of Marinegruppenkommando West on the move to evacuate by sea, the ongoing Kinetic had already...
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    Lütjens was lost with his ship. In 1943, his position was renamed Marinegruppenkommando Nord und Flottenchef. On 1 March 1944 Schniewind was promoted to...
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  • placed under the authority of the "Admiral Ägäis Division", part of Marinegruppenkommando Süd. U-boat Region East - Führer der Unterseeboote Ost (B.d.U.Ost)...
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  • Promoted to Admiral on 1 April 1942, Fricke was named commander of the Marinegruppenkommando Süd (21 March 1943 – 11 December 1944). In December 1944 Fricke...
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    commanded by Admiral Boehm, the Admiral Commanding Norway, from the Marinegruppenkommando Nord (Naval Group North) HQ in Kiel. Three flag officers were detached...
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    Marinekommando Amt im OKM. According to Scherzer as commander of Marinegruppenkommando West. According to Scherzer as stellvertretender Befehlshaber der...
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