Klaus Scholtz, the Glossary
Klaus Scholtz (22 March 1908 – 1 May 1987) was a commander in the Kriegsmarine (navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II.[1]
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26 relations: Armed merchantman, Bad Schwartau, Battle of the Atlantic, BETASOM, Bundesgrenzschutz, Captain (naval), Cuxhaven, German Empire, German Navy, Iron Cross, Kapitänleutnant, Kiel, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Korvettenkapitän, Kriegsmarine, List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (T), Loire, Magdeburg, Nazi Germany, Niobe (schooner), Torpedo boat, Type IX submarine, West Germany, Wilhelmshaven, World War II, 12th U-boat Flotilla.
- German Navy personnel
- German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
- Military personnel from Magdeburg
Armed merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.
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Bad Schwartau
Bad Schwartau is the largest city in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II.
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BETASOM
BETASOM (an Italian language acronym of Bordeaux Sommergibile or Sommergibili) was a submarine base established at Bordeaux, France by the Regia Marina Italiana during World War II.
Bundesgrenzschutz
Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; Border Guard) is the former name of the German ''Bundespolizei'' (Federal Police).
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Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.
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Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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German Navy
The German Navy is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces.
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Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).
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Kapitänleutnant
, short: KptLt/in lists: KL, (captain lieutenant or lieutenant captain) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group of the German.
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Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Korvettenkapitän
Korvettenkapitän is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (T)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Loire
The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.
Magdeburg
Magdeburg is the capital of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Niobe (schooner)
Segelschulschiff Niobe was a tall ship used by the Reichsmarine to train cadets and aspiring NCOs.
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Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle.
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Type IX submarine
The Type IX U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelm's Harbour; Northern Low Saxon: Willemshaven) is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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12th U-boat Flotilla
The 12th U-boat Flotilla (German 12. Unterseebootsflottille) was a German U-boat flotilla formed on 15 October 1942 at Bordeaux under the command of Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz.
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See also
German Navy personnel
- Adolf Piening
- Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs
- Dick Shikat
- Franz Stabbert
- Friedrich Grade
- Gerhard Thäter
- Hans Heidtmann
- Hans Jenisch
- Hasnain Kazim
- Heinrich Timm
- Herbert Schultze
- Karl-Heinz Marbach
- Klaus Scholtz
- Lennart Souchon
- Otto Schuhart
- Otto von Bülow
- Siegfried Wuppermann
- Walter Ohmsen
- Werner Hartmann
- Werner Rahn
German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
- Adalbert Schnee
- Adolf Piening
- August Maus
- Bernd Klug
- Condor Legion
- Eberhard Bopst
- Engelbert Endrass
- Erich Hippke
- Ernst Lindemann
- Felix Zymalkowski
- Fritz Frauenheim
- Fritz-Julius Lemp
- Georg-Wilhelm Schulz
- Hans Degen
- Hans Heidtmann
- Hans Langsdorff
- Hans-Erich Voss
- Hansjürgen Reinicke
- Heinz Neukirchen
- Helmut Rosenbaum
- Hermann Boehm (admiral)
- Hermann Rasch
- Jürgen Oesten
- Jürgen von Rosenstiel
- Johann Mohr
- Karl Smidt
- Karl-Friedrich Merten
- Karl-Heinz Greisert
- Klaus Ewerth
- Klaus Scholtz
- Kurt Böhmer
- Kurt Weyher
- Leopold Bürkner
- List of Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds recipients
- Otto Ciliax
- Paul Drekmann
- Robert Gysae
- Rolf Carls
- Spanish Cross
- Werner Hartenstein
- Werner Hartmann
- Werner Henke
- Werner Töniges
- Wilhelm Marschall
- Wilhelm Meentzen
- Wilhelm Meisel
- Wolfgang Lüth
Military personnel from Magdeburg
- Adolf Diekmann
- Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen
- Albert Mayer (soldier)
- Erich Förste
- Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm von Bismarck
- Friedrich Hochbaum
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
- Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch
- Gunther von Etzel
- Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau
- Hans-Karl von Scheele
- Heinz Hitler
- Helmut Knochen
- Henning von Tresckow
- Hermann von Wedel
- Karl Gottlieb Guichard
- Klaus Scholtz
- Kurt Böhmer
- Kurt Dittmar
- Kurt Grasshoff
- Lothar von Trotha
- Otto Kohlermann
- Theodor Krancke
- Walther Graeßner
- Werner Forst
- Werner Junck
- Werner Marcks