26 March 1964(1964-03-26) (aged 76)[1] Linz am Rhein[1]
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service
1907–45
Rank
Generaladmiral
Unit
SMS Leipzig SMS Augsburg SMS Magdeburg[1]
Commands held
cruiser Köln[1]
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Operation Rösselsprung[1]
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross[1]
Otto Schniewind (14 December 1887 – 26 March 1964) was a German General Admiral during World War II.[1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
OttoSchniewind (14 December 1887 – 26 March 1964) was a German General Admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron...
applicable international law of the time. Of the 14 defendants indicted, OttoSchniewind and Hugo Sperrle were acquitted on all counts. Johannes Blaskowitz...
von Friedeburg Oskar Kummetz Wilhelm Marschall Alfred Saalwächter OttoSchniewindOtto Schultze Walter Warzecha Karl Witzell Oberst-Gruppenführer of the...
Belgrade Emanuel Schäfer: SS-Oberführer and protégé of Reinhard Heydrich OttoSchniewind: General Admiral in WWII Julius Schreck: early senior Nazi official...
This was the heyday of the great U-boat aces like Günther Prien of U-47, Otto Kretschmer (U-99), Joachim Schepke (U-100), Engelbert Endrass (U-46), Victor...
1941) Karl Witzell (1 April 1941) Otto Schultze (31 August 1942) Wilhelm Marschall (1 February 1943) OttoSchniewind (1 March 1944) Walter Warzecha (1...
that Hitler had turned his attention to Russia. Halder met Admiral OttoSchniewind on 1 July, and they shared views without understanding each other's...
the German ships at Alte Fjord under the command of Generaladmiral OttoSchniewind at Kiel. Dönitz persuaded Hitler not to scrap the surface fleet and...
1943, command was assumed by OttoSchniewind who also held dual assignment as the Kriegsmarine fleet commander. Schniewind's title was Marinegruppenkommando...
mid-Atlantic. Raeder immediately conferred with his chief of staff, Admiral OttoSchniewind, who in turn telephoned Admiral Rolf Carls, who commanded Group North...
Johann Adolf Schmitt, SS Major Rudolf Schmundt, German Army General OttoSchniewind, German Navy Admiral Eugen Ritter von Schobert, German Army General...
12 years OttoSchniewind – Acquitted Hugo Sperrle – Acquitted Walter Warlimont – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1954) Otto Wöhler –...
April 1949 in Bremerhaven. The staff included Generaladmiral a. D. OttoSchniewind, Vizeadmiral a. D. Friedrich Ruge, Vizeadmiral a. D. Hellmuth Heye...
Indonesia). However, Raeder and other admirals such as Rolf Carls and OttoSchniewind conceded the Dutch East Indies would probably have to go to Japan and...
Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989) Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr & Hans-Otto Steinmetz – Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH...
Marschall 30 September 1886 20 March 1976 1 February 1943 1 April 1906 OttoSchniewind 14 December 1887 26 March 1964 1 March 1944 3 April 1907 Walter Warzecha...
Exonerated in the late 1990s by a Russian court 6 Dec 1945 (Moscow) Aged 62 OttoSchniewind 14 Dec 1887 (Saarlouis) 1907 - 1944 (37 years) * Commander, Navy Group...
Military offices Preceded by Admiral OttoSchniewind Chief of Staff of the Seekriegsleitung 13 June 1941 – 20 February 1943 Succeeded by Admiral Wilhelm...
Global Information
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Imperial German Navy
Reichsmarine