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Werner Töniges, the Glossary

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Werner Töniges (7 January 1910 – 25 January 1995) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944), Crimea Shield, E-boat, Eastern Front (World War II), English Channel, Essen, Fast attack craft, Fast Attack Craft War Badge, Flensburg, Friedrich Kemnade, German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, House of Commons, Humber, Iron Cross, Isle of Portland, Isle of Wight, Kapitänleutnant, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Korvettenkapitän, Kriegsmarine, Leutnant zur See, Mürwik, Mürwik Naval School, Merchant navy, Oberhausen, Oberkommando der Marine, Oberleutnant zur See, Order of the Cross of Liberty, Red Army, Sevastopol, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Cross, Sudetenland Medal, Taman Peninsula, Thames Estuary, Vichy France, World War II.

  2. German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
  3. Military personnel from Oberhausen
  4. Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty

Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944)

The Black Sea Campaigns were the operations of the Axis and Soviet naval forces in the Black Sea and its coastal regions during World War II between 1941 and 1944, including in support of the land forces.

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Crimea Shield

The Crimea Shield was a World War II German military decoration.

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E-boat

E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat"; plural Schnellboote) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Essen

Essen is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany.

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Fast attack craft

A fast attack craft (FAC) - also referred to as a PTG or a PCG - is a small, fast, agile, offensive, often affordable warship armed with anti-ship missiles, gun or torpedoes.

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Fast Attack Craft War Badge

The Fast Attack Craft War Badge or S-Boat War Badge was a World War II German military decoration awarded to members of the Kriegsmarine for service on fast attack craft or patrol/torpedo boats.

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Flensburg

Flensburg (Danish and Flensborg; Flensborre; Flansborj) is an independent town in the far north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Friedrich Kemnade

Friedrich Walter Karl Kemnade (12 December 1911 – 29 January 2008) was a German naval commander during World War II who later served with the Federal German Navy, reaching the rank of Konteradmiral. Werner Töniges and Friedrich Kemnade are Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Reichsmarine personnel.

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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

Admiral Graf Spee was a "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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House of Commons

The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada.

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Humber

The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England.

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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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Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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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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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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Leutnant zur See

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

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Mürwik

Mürwik (Mørvig) is a community of Flensburg in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Mürwik Naval School

The Naval Academy Mürwik (Marineschule Mürwik) is the main training establishment for all German Navy officers and in 1910 replaced the German Imperial Naval Academy in Kiel (which is now the seat of government or Landeshaus of Schleswig-Holstein) It is located at Mürwik which is a part of Germany's northernmost city, Flensburg.

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Merchant navy

A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.

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Oberhausen

Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen. The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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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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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. Werner Töniges and order of the Cross of Liberty are Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Sevastopol

Sevastopol, sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.

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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. Werner Töniges and Spanish Cross are German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War.

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Sudetenland Medal

The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1.) was commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal.

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Taman Peninsula

The Taman Peninsula (p) is a peninsula in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, which borders the Sea of Azov to the north, the Kerch Strait to the west and the Black Sea to the south.

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Thames Estuary

The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.

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Vichy France

Vichy France (Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.

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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

German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War

Military personnel from Oberhausen

Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty

References

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

Also known as Werner Toeniges.