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Rolf Carls
Birth nameRolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls
Born(1885-05-29)29 May 1885
Rostock, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
Died24 April 1945(1945-04-24) (aged 59)
Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Nazi Germany
AllegianceRolf Carls German Empire (to 1919)
Rolf Carls Ottoman Empire (1914 to 1917)
Rolf Carls Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Rolf Carls Nazi Germany
BranchRolf Carls Imperial German Navy
Rolf Carls Ottoman Navy
Rolf Carls Reichsmarine
Rolf Carls Kriegsmarine
Years of service1903–43
Rank Generaladmiral
UnitSMS Stein
SMS Mars
SMS Fürst Bismarck
SMS Breslau
Commands heldSM U-124
Hessen
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight'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.

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