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Wilhelm Meisel
Meisel in 1941
Born
(1891-11-04)4 November 1891 Zwickau
Died
7 September 1974(1974-09-07) (aged 82) Mülheim
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service
1913–45
Rank
Admiral
Unit
SMS Hertha SMS Moltke SMS Stralsund SMS Kaiserin Augusta
Commands held
Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Wilhelm Meisel (4 November 1891 – 7 September 1974) was an Admiral of the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Meisel was born in Zwickau and joined the Navy as a midshipman in 1913. During the First World War he served on the battlecruiser SMS Moltke, the light cruiser SMS Stralsund and the SMS Möwe. He later served as a staff officer on Torpedo boats and was interned in Scapa Flow. After the scuttling of the High Seas Fleet he was held as a POW by the British and repatriated in 1921.
During the 1920s Meisel commanded a torpedo boat flotilla and held several staff posts and commanded the German cruiser Karlsruhe in 1929.
During World War II Meisel commanded a destroyer flotilla in the invasion of Poland of 1939 and was appointed commander of the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in 1940. He was made Chief of Staff of Naval Group west in 1943 and Chief of Naval staff in 1943.
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German Empire (to 1919)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Imperial German Navy
Reichsmarine
Kriegsmarine