Rolf Carls, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 90 relations: Admiral, Adolf Hitler, Anglo-Saxons, Bad Oldesloe, Black Sea, Captain (naval), Ceuta, Commander-in-chief, Conrad Albrecht, Crew, Dardanelles, Deutschland-class cruiser, East Asia Squadron, Erich Raeder, Fähnrich zur See, Fleet commander (Kriegsmarine), Francisco Franco, Fregattenkapitän, Freikorps, Gallipoli Star, General admiral, German Bight, German colonial empire, German Cross, German cruiser Deutschland, German Empire, German involvement in the Spanish Civil War, German torpedo boat Luchs, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hermann Boehm (admiral), Hungarian Order of Merit, Imperial German Navy, Imtiaz Medal, Iron Cross, James Somerville, Kapitänleutnant, Karl Dönitz, Kiel, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Konteradmiral, Korvettenkapitän, Leutnant zur See, Marinestation der Ostsee, Medalla de la Campaña, Mediterranean Division, Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nazi Germany, Oberkommando der Marine, Oberleutnant zur See, Operation Barbarossa, ... Expand index (40 more) »

2. Counter admirals of the Reichsmarine
3. General admirals of the Kriegsmarine
4. German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
5. Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military)
6. Military personnel from Rostock
7. Military personnel from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
8. Recipients of the Silver Imtiyaz Medal
9. U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy)

Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Bad Oldesloe

Bad Oldesloe is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Black Sea

The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.

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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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Ceuta

Ceuta (Sabta; Sabtah) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Conrad Albrecht

Conrad Albrecht (7 October 1880 in Bremen – 18 August 1969 in Hamburg) was a German admiral during World War II. Rolf Carls and Conrad Albrecht are general admirals of the Kriegsmarine and imperial German Navy personnel of World War I.

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Crew

A crew is a body or a group of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization.

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Dardanelles

The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.

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Deutschland-class cruiser

The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe (armored ships), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.

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East Asia Squadron

The German East Asia Squadron (Kreuzergeschwader / Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s until 1914, when it was destroyed at the Battle of the Falkland Islands.

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Erich Raeder

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II, and was convicted of war crimes after the war. Rolf Carls and Erich Raeder are Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military), imperial German Navy personnel of World War I, Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Recipients of the Silver Imtiyaz Medal.

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Fähnrich zur See

Fähnrich zur See (Fähnr zS or FRZS) designates in the German Navy of the Bundeswehr a military person or member of the armed forces with the second highest Officer Aspirant (OA – Offizieranwärter) rank.

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Fleet commander (Kriegsmarine)

The Fleet commander of the Kriegsmarine (Flottenchef) was the highest ranked administrative officer in the organization of the Kriegsmarine, and served as a member of the Oberkommando der Marine.

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.

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Fregattenkapitän

Fregattenkapitän is the middle ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies.

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Freikorps

Freikorps ("Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European paramilitary volunteer units that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

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Gallipoli Star

The Gallipolli Star is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire.

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General admiral

General admiral or Admiral general was first a Dutch then Danish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish naval rank.

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German Bight

The German Bight (Deutsche Bucht; tyske bugt; Duitse bocht; Dútske bocht;; sometimes also the German Bay) is the southeastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany to the south, and Denmark and Germany to the east (the Jutland peninsula).

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German colonial empire

The German colonial empire (Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire.

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German Cross

The War Order of the German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or Deutsches Kreuz, was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941.

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German cruiser Deutschland

Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers (often termed pocket battleships) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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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 involvement in the Spanish Civil War

German involvement in the Spanish Civil War commenced with the outbreak of war in July 1936, with Adolf Hitler immediately sending in air and armored units to assist General Francisco Franco and his Nationalist forces.

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German torpedo boat Luchs

Luchs was the fourth of six Type 24 torpedo boats built for the German Navy (initially called the Reichsmarine and then renamed as the Kriegsmarine in 1935) during the 1920s.

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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was a territory in Northern Germany held by the House of Mecklenburg residing at Schwerin.

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Hermann Boehm (admiral)

Hermann Boehm (18 January 1884, Rybnik – 11 April 1972, Kiel) was a German naval officer who rose to the rank of General Admiral during the Second World War. Rolf Carls and Hermann Boehm (admiral) are counter admirals of the Reichsmarine, general admirals of the Kriegsmarine, German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War, imperial German Navy personnel of World War I and Recipients of the Gold German Cross.

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Hungarian Order of Merit

The Hungarian Order of Merit (Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary.

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Imperial German Navy

The Imperial German Navy or the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919.

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Imtiaz Medal

The Imtiyaz Medal / Imtiaz Medal (İmtiyaz Madalyası) was an Ottoman military decoration, instituted in 1882.

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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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James Somerville

Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, (17 July 1882 – 19 March 1949) was a Royal Navy officer.

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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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Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz;; 16 September 189124 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later. Rolf Carls and Karl Dönitz are imperial German Navy personnel of World War I and u-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy).

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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).

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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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Konteradmiral

Konteradmiral (abbreviated KAdm) is a senior naval flag officer rank in several German-speaking countries, equivalent to counter or rear admiral.

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Korvettenkapitän

Korvettenkapitän is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies.

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Leutnant zur See

(Lt zS or LZS) is the lowest officer rank in the German Navy.

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Marinestation der Ostsee

The Marinestation der Ostsee (Baltic Sea Naval Station) was a command of both the Imperial German Navy, and the Reichsmarine which served as a shore command for German naval units operating primarily in the Baltic Sea.

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Medalla de la Campaña

The Medal for the Campaign (Spanish: Medalla de la Campaña) was a Spanish military decoration of 1936 to 1939.

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Mediterranean Division

The Mediterranean Division (Mittelmeerdivision) was a division consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1910s.

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Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)

The Nationalist faction (Bando nacional) or Rebel faction (Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

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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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Oberkommando der Marine

The Oberkommando der Marine (abbreviated OKM) was the high command and the highest administrative and command authority of the Kriegsmarine.

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Oberleutnant zur See

(OLt zS or OLZS in the German Navy, Oblt.z.S. in the Kriegsmarine) is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Operation Weserübung

Operation Weserübung (Unternehmen Weserübung,, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.

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Order of Distinction (Ottoman Empire)

The Nishan-e-Imtiaz or Order of Honour (نشانِ امتیاز) was an order of the Ottoman Empire founded by Sultan Abdulmejid I. It was a higher honor than the Order of Glory and given to reward merit and outstanding services.

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Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

The Order of Military Merit (Орден за Военна Заслуга) is a Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria.

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Order of Osmanieh

The Order of Osmanieh (نشانِ عثمانیه, Modern Osmaniye Nişanı) was a civil and military decoration of the Ottoman Empire.

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Order of the Cross of Liberty

The Order of the Cross of Liberty (Vapaudenristin ritarikunta; Frihetskorsets orden) is one of three official state orders in Finland, along with the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Order of the Lion of Finland.

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Order of the Crown (Prussia)

The Royal Order of the Crown (Königlicher Kronen-Orden) was a Prussian order of chivalry.

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Order of the Crown of Italy

The Order of the Crown of Italy (italic or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861.

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Order of the White Rose of Finland

The Order of the White Rose of Finland (Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunta; Finlands Vita Ros’ orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, and the Order of the Lion of Finland.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Ottoman Navy

The Ottoman Navy (Osmanlı Donanması) or The Imperial Navy (Donanma-yı Humâyûn.), also known as the Ottoman Fleet, was the naval warfare arm of the Ottoman Empire.

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Palma de Mallorca

Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.

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Province of Schleswig-Holstein

The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (Provinz Schleswig-Holstein) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia (from 1868 to 1918) and the Free State of Prussia (from 1918 to 1946).

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Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

The pursuit of Goeben and Breslau was a naval action that occurred in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted to intercept the German Mittelmeerdivision consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser.

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Reichsmarine

The was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany.

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Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)

The Republican faction (Bando republicano), also known as the Loyalist faction (Bando leal) or the Government faction (Bando gubernamental), was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction of the military rebellion.

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Rostock

Rostock (Polabian: Roztoc), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag

Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag ("Schleswig-Holstein Newspaper publisher"), sh:z, is a newspaper group based in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein.

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Seekadett

Seekadett (short SKad or SK;,Langenscheidt´s Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: „Der Große Muret-Sander“, Part II German-English, Second Volume L–Z, 8th edition 1999,; p. 1.381) is a military rank of the Bundeswehr and of former German-speaking naval forces.

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Seekriegsleitung

The Seekriegsleitung or SKL (Maritime Warfare Command) was a higher command staff section of the Kaiserliche Marine and the Kriegsmarine of Germany during the World Wars.

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Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century.

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Silesian Eagle

The Silesian Eagle (German language: Schlesischer Adler) was a medal awarded to members of the German right-wing paramilitary group Freikorps Oberland for three or six months of service, as well as for fighting during the Silesian Uprisings during the Weimar Republic.

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SM U-124

SM U-124 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-124 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic under the command of Kapitänleutnant Rolf Carls (later a Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine).

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SM U-9

SM U-9 was a German Type U 9 U-boat.

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SMS Breslau

SMS Breslau was a of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s and named after the Lower Silesian city of Breslau.

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SMS Fürst Bismarck

SMS Fürst Bismarck (Prince Bismarck) was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) before the turn of the 20th century.

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SMS Goeben

SMS Goeben was the second of two s of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben.

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SMS Hessen

SMS Hessen was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the.

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SMS Stein

SMS Stein was a built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Spanish Cross

The Spanish Cross (Spanien-Kreuz) was an award of Nazi Germany given to German troops who participated in the Spanish Civil War, fighting for nationalist general, later Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco. Rolf Carls and Spanish Cross are German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War.

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The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918), commonly referred to as the Hindenburg Cross or the German WWI Service Cross, was established by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of the German Weimar Republic, by an order dated 13 July 1934, to commemorate service of the German people during the First World War.

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Vizeadmiral

Vizeadmiral (abbreviated VAdm) is a senior naval flag officer rank in several German-speaking countries, equivalent to Vice admiral.

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Vocational school

A vocational school, trade school, or technical school is a type of educational institution, which, depending on the country, may refer to either secondary or post-secondary education designed to provide vocational education or technical skills required to complete the tasks of a particular and specific job.

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Wehrmacht Long Service Award

The Wehrmacht Long Service Award was a military service decoration of Nazi Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a number of years in military service.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

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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 I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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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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See also

Counter admirals of the Reichsmarine

• Eberhard Wolfram
• Hans Stohwasser
• Hermann Boehm (admiral)
• Karl Witzell
• Magnus von Levetzow
• Rolf Carls
• Wilhelm von Krosigk

General admirals of the Kriegsmarine

• Alfred Saalwächter
• Conrad Albrecht
• Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
• Hermann Boehm (admiral)
• Karl Witzell
• Oskar Kummetz
• Otto Schniewind
• Otto Schultze
• Rolf Carls
• Walter Warzecha
• Wilhelm Marschall

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

Grand Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (military)

• Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski
• Erich Raeder
• Fedor von Bock
• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
• Prince Laurent of Belgium
• Princess Astrid of Belgium
• Rolf Carls
• Slavko Kvaternik
• Walther von Brauchitsch

Military personnel from Rostock

• Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
• Hans Hoyer
• Karl August Nerger
• Rolf Carls

Military personnel from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

• Adolf Hamann
• Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald
• Charles Allix Lavington Yate
• Eberhard von Boremski
• Fritz Klingenberg
• Gerhard Köppen
• Gerhard Wagner (admiral)
• Hans Hoyer
• Hans von Koester
• Heinz von Randow
• Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
• Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
• Hermann Priess
• Joachim von Amsberg (general)
• Johannes Jensen (aviator)
• Karl August Nerger
• Otto Schünemann
• Rolf Carls
• Ulrich Neckel
• Vollrath Lübbe
• Walter Hörnlein
• Wilhelm Ahrens
• Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper

Recipients of the Silver Imtiyaz Medal

• Alexander von Falkenhausen
• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
• Archduke Joseph August of Austria
• Bernhard von Bülow
• Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
• Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
• Erich Raeder
• Friedrich von Scholl
• Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza
• Hugo von Radolin
• Kâzım Sevüktekin
• Kurt Eberhard
• Mümtaz Çeçen
• Manfred von Richthofen
• Max Immelmann
• Mehmet Hayri Bey
• Mehmet Hulusi Conk
• Nazif Kayacık
• Otto von Schrader
• Rüştü Sakarya
• Rolf Carls
• Sadullah Güney
• İsmail Hakkı Bey
• Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin

U-boat commanders (Imperial German Navy)

• Alfred Saalwächter
• Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim
• Erich Förste
• Friedrich Lützow
• Hans Howaldt
• Hans Rose
• Heino von Heimburg
• Hellmuth von Ruckteschell
• Helmut Brümmer-Patzig
• Józef Unrug
• Johannes Lohs
• Karl Dönitz
• List of World War I U-boat commanders
• Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
• Martin Niemöller
• Max Valentiner
• Otto Ciliax
• Otto Hersing
• Otto Schultze
• Otto Steinbrinck
• Otto Weddigen
• Otto von Schrader
• Paul König
• Raimund Weisbach
• Reinhold Saltzwedel
• Rolf Carls
• Waldemar Kophamel
• Walter Warzecha
• Walther Forstmann
• Walther Schwieger
• Werner Fürbringer
• Wilhelm Canaris
• Wilhelm Marschall
• Wilhelm Werner

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls

, Operation Weserübung, Order of Distinction (Ottoman Empire), Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria), Order of Osmanieh, Order of the Cross of Liberty, Order of the Crown (Prussia), Order of the Crown of Italy, Order of the White Rose of Finland, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Navy, Palma de Mallorca, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau, Reichsmarine, Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Rostock, Royal Air Force, Russian Empire, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, Seekadett, Seekriegsleitung, Ship of the line, Silesian Eagle, SM U-124, SM U-9, SMS Breslau, SMS Fürst Bismarck, SMS Goeben, SMS Hessen, SMS Stein, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Cross, The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918, Vizeadmiral, Vocational school, Wehrmacht Long Service Award, Weimar Republic, Wilhelmshaven, World War I, World War II.