Carls Rolf

Publié le 23 juin 2018 par Mémoires de Guerre

Rolf Carls (29 mai 1885 - 24 avril 1945) est un Generaladmiral de la Kriegsmarine durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Pour sa bravoure au combat et ses commandements couronnés de succès, il se voit décerner la croix de chevalier de la croix de fer en 1940. Carls meurt le 24 avril 1945 à Bad Oldesloe lors d'un bombardement allié.

Promotions

1. April 1903 Seekadett (Crew 03)
15. April 1904 Fähnrich zur See
28. September 1906 Leutnant zur See
27. January 1909 Oberleutnant zur See
16. December 1914 Kapitänleutnant
1. December 1921 Korvettenkapitän
1. October 1928 Fregattenkapitän
1. May 1930 Kapitän zur See
1. April 1934 Konteradmiral
17. December 1936 Vizeadmiral (RDA vom 1. Januar 1937)
26. May 1937 Admiral (RDA vom 1. Juni 1937)
19. July 1940 Generaladmiral
31. May 1943 außer Dienst (a. D.)

Décorations

Order of the Crown (Prussia), 4th Class (19 September 1912)
Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class (19 May 1915)
Ottoman War Medal (12 August 1915)
Order of Distinction (Ottoman Empire) in Silver with Sabres
Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class (February 1917)
Silesian Eagle 2nd and 1st Class (27 January 1920)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (24 December 1934)
Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class
Medalla de la Campaña
Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)
Order of Mehdauia, Grand Cross
Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria), Grand Officer Cross with Crown and Swords
Order of the White Rose of Finland, First Class Commander
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Grand Cross
Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight Grand Cordon
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
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 and Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost
Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Star and Swords (27 April 1942)