Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann
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| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany West Germany |
| Service/ |  Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy |
| Years of service | 1912–45 1956-65. |
| Rank | Vizeadmiral |
| Unit | SMS Hansa SMS Wettin Cruiser Köln Cruiser Amazone |
| Commands held | Light cruiser Königsberg Battleship Scharnhorst |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (26 August 1895 – 19 May 1988) was a senior naval commander in the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II, who commanded the battleship Scharnhorst. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Career
Hoffmann joined the military service of the
He relinquished command of the Coastal Artillery School and was appointed commander of the
After this, Hoffmann remained at the helm of the Scharnhorst until after the "Channel Dash" in February 1942, thus captaining the ship through Operation Weserübung, Operation Juno, and Operation Berlin.
On 28 March 1942, Hoffmann became the commanding admiral of the German Navy in the Baltic and was promoted to Konteradmiral on 1 April. From 1 July 1942 until 4 March 1943, he was the commanding naval officer of the German Navy in the Netherlands. On being promoted to Vizeadmiral on 1 April 1943, Hoffmann became the head of department for artillery development and construction in the naval armaments office of the German Navy.
On 23 May 1945, after the collapse of Germany, Hoffmann was arrested by British forces, but released on 20 February 1947.
Hoffmann joined the newly formed West German Navy (Marine), and from 26 June 1956 to 31 August 1957, was first deputy head of the Maritime Office Hamburg, thereafter head of administration until his retirement on 31 March 1965.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Königlichen Sächsischen Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern (14 February 1918)[1]
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung 4th to 1st Class
- Clasp of the Iron Cross (1939)
- High Seas Fleet Badge
- Destroyer War Badge
- Kapitän zur See on battleship Scharnhorst[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross number 106 of the Kriegsmarine on 21 March 1942 as Kapitän zur See and commander of battleship Scharnhorst[3]
- Cross of Merit1st Class (15 July 1965)
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
External links
- Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann in the German National Library catalogue
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