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Not to be confused with Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon.
Wilhelm Souchon
Souchon probably before World War I
Born
2 June 1864 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Died
13 January 1946(1946-01-13) (aged 81) Bremen, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Ottoman Empire
Service/branch
Imperial German Navy Ottoman Navy
Years of service
1881–1919
Rank
Admiral
Commands held
Mittelmeerdivision
Battles/wars
First World War
Bombardment of Bone
Bombardment of Philippeville
Black Sea Raid
Battle of Cape Sarych
Operation Albion
Awards
Pour le Mérite
Relations
Hermann Souchon
Wilhelm Anton Souchon (German pronunciation:[suˈʃɔŋ]; 2 June 1864 – 13 January 1946) was a German admiral in World War I. Souchon commanded the Kaiserliche Marine's Mediterranean squadron in the early days of the war. His initiatives played a major part in the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I.
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Finally, on 29 October, the point of no return was reached when Admiral WilhelmSouchon took SMS Goeben, SMS Breslau, and a squadron of Ottoman warships into...
only the Goeben and Breslau, was under the command of Konteradmiral WilhelmSouchon. In the event of war, the squadron's role was to intercept French transports...
Andrei Eberhardt struck the Ottoman port of Trebizond. German Admiral WilhelmSouchon decided to intercept it as it returned to port. At 13:00 the Ottoman...
British mission was Admiral Arthur Limpus since April 1912. Admiral Wilhelm Anton Souchon commanded the Mediterranean squadron of the Kaiserliche Marine (German...
warships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau, under the command of German admiral WilhelmSouchon, to enter the Dardanelles to escape British pursuit; the subsequent...
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Ottoman cabinet that the German Mediterranean squadron under Admiral WilhelmSouchon was steaming towards Constantinople, known as the famous pursuit of...
German Revolution, the demonstrators dispersed and the patrol withdrew. WilhelmSouchon, the governor of the naval station, initially asked for outside troops...
war and command of the Ottoman navy was taken over by Rear Admiral WilhelmSouchon of the Imperial German Navy. On 27 September, the German commander...
and the famed U-boat Captains Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière and WilhelmSouchon. Related to Ulrich de Maizière were also the last prime minister of...
retained in the area. On 23 October 1913, Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) WilhelmSouchon assumed command of the squadron. Goeben and Breslau continued their...
Fakhri Pasha − Commander of the Hejaz Expeditionary Force (1916–1919) WilhelmSouchon − German Naval Commander in the Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea, notable...
Kronprinz, Markgraf IV Battle Squadron (IV. Geschwader) (Vice Admiral WilhelmSouchon) dreadnought battleships: Friedrich der Grosse (flagship), König Albert...
Rear-Admiral WilhelmSouchon in any of their ports. Despite having insufficient coal to guarantee the ships would reach Constantinople, Souchon ordered his...
reorganized as the IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral WilhelmSouchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British...
29 October 1914, Ottoman warships commanded by the German admiral WilhelmSouchon, bombarded several Russian Black Sea ports, prompting a Russian declaration...