(1885-05-29)29 May 1885 Rostock, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
Died
24 April 1945(1945-04-24) (aged 59) Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Nazi Germany
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1919) Ottoman Empire (1914 to 1917) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Navy Ottoman Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service
1903–43
Rank
Generaladmiral
Unit
SMS Stein SMS Mars SMS Fürst Bismarck SMS Breslau
Commands held
SM U-124 Hessen
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a high-ranking German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Carls served as Flottenchef (Fleet Commander), the highest ranking administrative officer of the Kriegsmarine and member of the Oberkommando der Marine (High Command of the Navy). Carls was instrumental in planning German naval operations during Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Denmark and Norway. When Grand Admiral Erich Raeder resigned as commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine in early 1943, he suggested Carls as a potential candidate to succeed him. After Admiral Karl Donitz succeeded Raeder instead, Carls was discharged from the navy. Carls was killed in a British air raid on the town of Bad Oldesloe on 24 April 1945.
the town of Bad Oldesloe on 24 April 1945. RolfCarls was the son of Lieutenant Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Carls and his wife Martha Victoria Wilhelmine Anna...
Carls is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: CarlCarls (1880–1958), a German chess master RolfCarls (1885–1945), a Generaladmiral of...
Norway and Sweden in order to cut off those iron ore shipments. Admiral RolfCarls, commander of the Kriegsmarine in the Baltic Sea region, proposed the...
(admiral) Kurt Böhmer Hubertus von Bonin Eberhard Bopst Leopold Bürkner RolfCarls Otto Ciliax Hans Degen Ulrich Diesing Oskar Dirlewanger Paul Drekmann...
Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Köln 2003, ISBN 3832156291 Lauter, Rolf : Carl Andre : extraneous roots, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt at Monastery...
List of naval ships of Germany List of World War II torpedoes of Germany RolfCarls Wilhelm Canaris "Wehrmacht > WW2 Weapons". 28 June 2019. "Peace Treaty...
II, German Emperor 1st Class with a Star Ernst Busch Wilhelm Canaris RolfCarls Eduard Dietl Waldemar Erfurth Hans Jeschonnek Timo Kivinen Günther Korten...
1932 Konteradmiral Max Bastian: 1 Oct 1932 - 28 Sep 1934 Konteradmiral RolfCarls: 29 Sep 1934 - 20 May 1935 On May 21, 1935, the German Navy was renamed...
Saalwächter Kommandierender Admiral der Marinestation der Nordsee - Admiral RolfCarls Führer der Unterseeboote West - Kapitän zur See Karl Dönitz At sea (North...
were: Conrad Albrecht (1 April 1939) Alfred Saalwächter (1 January 1940) RolfCarls (19 July 1940) Hermann Boehm (1 April 1941) Karl Witzell (1 April 1941)...
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Schniewind, who in turn telephoned Admiral RolfCarls, who commanded Group North in Wilhelmshaven. Carls had already drafted a message recalling Lütjens...
Herbstreise or "Autumn Journey". The idea was first mooted by Generaladmiral RolfCarls on 1 August proposing a feint expedition into the North Sea resembling...
Admiral Graf Spee and was sacked by Raeder. Raeder's deputy, Admiral RolfCarls, wrote with pride in his diary in October 1941 that "all our forces have...
In Boog, Horst; Förster, Jürgen; Hoffmann, Joachim; Klink, Ernst; Müller, Rolf-Dieter; Ueberschär, Gerd R. (eds.). Germany and the Second World War: Attack...
Saalwächter commanded in the west. Command of Group East was assumed by Admiral RolfCarls in October 1939 and he held the command until August 1940 when Group East...
during the voyage. In early June, she served as the flagship for Admiral RolfCarls, the commander of the German fleet, during exercises with the fleet's...
make ready for the mission on short notice; the order came from Admiral RolfCarls on 23 July 1936 at 13:45. The normal 48 hours required to prepare the...
defense of Erich Raeder at the Nuremberg trials 11 Apr 1972 (Kiel) Aged 88 RolfCarls 29 May 1885 (Rostock) 1903 - 1943 (40 years) * Commander, Navy Group North...
safe operational possibilities for its heavy units. On 5 May, Admiral RolfCarls, the commander of Marinegruppe Nord (Naval Group North), ordered Admiral...
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