Otto Ciliax (30 October 1891 – 12 December 1964) was a German naval officer who served in the navies of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi...

December 1993, during a ceremony at Emden, Germany, Flottillenadmiral Otto H. Ciliax of the Federal German Navy presented the commanding officer of the latest...

Commanding Battleships, Vice-Admiral Otto Ciliax, assumed command of this battle group and used Tirpitz as his flagship. Ciliax had led the German forces in the...

German forces in England. Reinicke was chief of staff to Vizeadmiral Otto Ciliax during the Channel Dash, the transit of the ships of the Brest Group...

the mouth of the Scheldt Estuary at 15:30. Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Otto Ciliax, overall commander of the German force, summoned Z29 to take him aboard...

of minesweepers. The Baltic Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax, patrolled off Åland from 23 to 26 September 1941, after which the unit...

destroyed.) USS Amanda L. Garrett—Cobb-class air warfare destroyer [James H. Cobb] (missing after Transition; lost in waters off Antarctica) USS Providence—Harpers...

Jurst At Wilhelmshaven Scharnhorst {Schlachtschiff} - Kapitän zur See Otto Ciliax: Kriegsmarinewerft for modifications Admiral Scheer {Panzerschiff} -...

effective Allied radar and patrol aircraft in the Atlantic. Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax was given command of the operation. In early February, minesweepers swept...

her commissioning, Scharnhorst was commanded by Kapitän zur See (KzS) Otto Ciliax. His tenure as the ship's commander was brief; in September 1939, an...

April 1889 15 April 1945 1 September 1942 1 April 1908  Kriegsmarine Otto Ciliax 30 October 1891 12 December 1964 1 February 1943 10 April 1910  Kriegsmarine...

p.m. on 22 February, a telephone call was made on behalf of Admiral Otto Ciliax, the chief of staff of Marinegruppe West, with a request that aircraft...

Channel, despite Raeder's protests that it was too risky. Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax was given command of the operation. In early February, minesweepers swept...

Squadron RAAF Spitfires. Later that afternoon, Vice Admiral (Vizeadmiral) Otto Ciliax, commander of the battleship flotilla, was transferred to the ship after...

Operation Sportpalast (Sports Palace). The following morning, Admiral Otto Ciliax, commanding the operation, ordered the destroyers to search independently...

1943 to deal specifically with German naval forces in Norway. Admiral Otto Ciliax served as regional commander until the last month of the war when he...

and devotion to duty the war had ever witnessed". German Vice-Admiral Otto Ciliax remarked on "the mothball attack of a handful of ancient planes, piloted...

Befehlshaber der Schlachtschiffe (B.d.S) (Commander of Battleships). Otto Ciliax served as commander of battleships until May 1942 when the command was...

15-HMajor Commander of Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 774 5 April 1945 — — Otto Ciliax Kriegsmarine 19-MVizeadmiral Befehlshaber der Schlachtschiffe 21 March...

would end as soon as the ships were sufficiently damaged. Vice Admiral Otto Ciliax outlined a plan for a standing start at night to gain surprise and to...

and forward gun mount from high waves. The following morning, Admiral Otto Ciliax, commanding the operation, ordered the destroyers to search independently...

organization of the Kriegsmarine. List of German admirals Lohmann W. & Hildebrand H., Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine, Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun, Bad Nauheim (1956)...

Mediterranean between August and October, however. In September 1936 KzS Otto Ciliax had replaced Marschall as the ship's commanding officer. At the outbreak...

Forces), Erich Raeder (Commander-in-Chief of the Navy) and Vice-Admiral Otto Ciliax, who was to lead the battle group (Kampfgruppe). During the course of...

event in the German Imperial Navy's action of August 19. At that time Otto Ciliax was watch officer on board the submarine. He later became an admiral...

104 Ernst Bauer 14Kapitänleutnant commander of U-126 16 March 1942 105 Otto Ciliax 19Vizeadmiral Befehlshaber der Schlachtschiffe 21 March 1942 106 Kurt-Caesar...