Max-Eckart Wolff

Max-Eckart Wolff (19 December 1902 – 9 November 1988) was a naval commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Max-Eckart Wolff
Born(1902-12-19)19 December 1902
Wernigerode, German Empire
Died9 November 1988(1988-11-09) (aged 85)
Bremen, West Germany
Allegiance Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
 West Germany
Service/branch Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Years of service1922-1945
1956–1961
RankKapitän zur See
Flottillenadmiral
Commands helddestroyer Z2 Georg Thiele
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wolff as commander of destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele was credited with the sinking of the British destroyers HMS Hardy and HMS Hunter on 10 April 1940. On 13 April 1940 he torpedoed and damaged HMS Eskimo. He later served as the Führer der Zerstörer (Commander of Destroyers) from 1943 to 1944.

In 1956, Wolff became the first commander of the independent post-war West German Bundesmarine.

Awards

References

Citations

  1. Dörr 1996, p. 356.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 452.

Bibliography

  • Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.


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