Adalbert von Blanc
Adalbert von Blanc | |
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Flottillenadmiral (Bundesmarine) | |
Unit | SSS Niobe Cruiser Emden Cruiser Orion |
Commands held | 9. Sicherungsdivision |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Adalbert Pierre Louis Karl Erich Johann von Blanc (11 July 1907 – 7 November 1976) was a German naval officer during
Life
Blanc was born in Wilhelmshaven as the son of Louis Ferdinand von Blanc (* 27. September 1878 in Berlin; d. 28. August 1914 KIA as first officer of the SMS Cöln). His grandfather was admiral Louis Karl Emil von Blanc (1832–1903). He joined Weimar German Navy in 1926 and was trained on the "Niobe".[2]
After World War II Blanc joined the British controlled German Mine Sweeping Administration on 15 August 1945. Blanc held command of the 1. Minenräum-Division (1st mine sweeping division) in Kiel. When the administration was disbanded on 31 December 1947, Blanc transferred to the follow organization called Minenräumverband Cuxhaven and became its chief.[3][4]
On 18 December 1950, the students Georg von Hatzfeld and René Ledesdorff from
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 September 1940) & 1st Class (17 October 1940)[7]
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936) & 3rd Class (1 April 1938)[7]
- Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)[7]
- Auxiliary Cruiser Badge (23 August 1941)[7]
- German Cross in Gold on 11 September 1942 as Korvettenkapitän in the 2. Sicherungs-Division[8]
- Minesweeper War Badge (25 March 1943)[7]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 27 November 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and leader of the 9. Sicherungs-Division[9]
- (866th) Oak Leaves on 10 May 1945 as Fregattenkapitän and leader of the 9. Marine-Sicherungs-Division[10][Note 1]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1964[7]
Footnotes
- ^ There is no reference of the Oak Leaves were awarded to Adalbert von Blanc in the German Federal Archives. His personal file contains a letter from Admiral August Thiele indicating that Blanc had been recommended for the Oak Leaves by Thiele. In a file of the German Minenräumdienst dated just after the capitulation is an entry "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves" without indicating a date of the award. The sequential number "866" and date was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Blanc was member of the AKCR.[11]
References
Citations
- ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
- ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- ^ From 1945 to 1952 the uninhabited islands fell within the British Occupation zone. On 18 April 1947, the Royal Navy simultaneously detonated 6,700 tonnes of explosives ("Operation Big Bang" or "British Bang").
- ^ Dörr 1995, p. 50.
- ^ a b c d e f Dörr 1995, p. 51.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 44.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 134.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 103.
- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 121.
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