Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
Born	(1897-06-25)25 June 1897 Brake
Died	20 August 1985(1985-08-20) (aged 88) Cologne
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Rank	Vizeadmiral
Commands	Cruiser Admiral Scheer
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken (25 June 1897 – 20 August 1985) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. From July 1944 to May 1945 he served as the final fleet commander of the Kriegsmarine.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1 July 1916) & 1st Class (30 December 1919)
• U-boat War Badge (1914) (October 1918)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 June 1942) & 1st Class (30 August 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 May 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der deutsches Marinekommandos in Italien (Commander-in-chief of the German Naval Commando in Italy)

References

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.