Admiral of the north coast of Norway
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Admiral of the Norwegian north coast , from February 1943 commanding admiral of the Norwegian north coast , was the name of a military service of the German navy and its commander. It was erected in May 1940 after the German occupation of Norway during World War II . The headquarters were in Trondheim . The superior agency was the commanding Admiral Norway , who on February 1, 1943 was renamed Commander in Chief of the Naval High Command Norway .
The establishment of the office was preceded by the establishment of a port commander in April 1940 and the establishment of the staff of the sea commander Drontheim in early May 1940 . From the latter, the Admiral of the Norwegian North Coast was formed on May 31, 1940.
The area of command initially extended from the Vinjefjord near Kristiansund to the Finnish- Norwegian border. During a reorganization in August 1940, the Admiral Norwegian West Coast ceded the area north of Bodø to the new Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast . At the same time he was assigned the Molde sea command , so that his area in the south was extended to the Stadlandet peninsula .
The admiral of the Norwegian north coast was at the same time the coastal commander and the commander of the security forces deployed in his area. In addition, the coastal artillery stationed there was tactically subordinate to him.
After the German surrender in 1945, the office remained in existence for a few months to return the German troops to their homeland. The commanding Admiral Erich Schulte Mönting was taken prisoner in August 1945.
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The following were appointed as admirals or commanding admirals of the Norwegian west coast:
- Captain / Rear Admiral August Thiele May 1940 - June 1941 before Sea Commander Trondheim, later Commanding Admiral eastern Baltic
- Rear Admiral / Vice Admiral Leopold Siemens , June 1941 - November 1944
- April to June 1942 represented by Rear Admiral Walter Krastel
- Rear Admiral / Vice Admiral Erich Schulte Mönting November 1944 - August 1945
The following were appointed as Chief of Staff :
- Corvette Captain Hans Rose (later Commander of the Drontheim Naval Defense), June 1940
- Sea captain Hans-Herbert Stobwasser , June 1940 - January 1942 entrusted with the management
- Frigate Captain Alexander Magnus (former head of the North Coast Coast Guard Association, then Commander of the Sea Defense of Western Greece and later Sea Commander Pomerania ), January 1942 - August 1943
- Corvette Captain Karl Vaihinger, August - September 1943 on behalf of the company
- Sea captain Herbert Bachmann (former commandant of the Sandnessjöen naval defense ), September 1943 - January 1945
- Sea captain Karl-Heinz Neubauer, January 1945 - dissolution of the office
Departments
The following departments were subordinate to the Admiral Norwegian North Coast:
- Commander of the Narvik Naval Defense (until August 1940, then with the Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast)
- Commander of the Arctic Coast Sea Defense (until August 1940, then as Sea Commander Tromso with the Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast)
- Commander of the Drontheim Naval Defense
- Commander of the Naval Defense Sandnessjöen
- Commandant of the Molde Naval Defense (from August 1940)
- Kriegsmarinewerft Drontheim (from August 1940; from September 1943 Kriegsmarine Arsenal)
- Naval Construction Battalion / Naval Fortress Engineer Battalion 323
Coastal Security Association
The following flotillas for coastal security were subordinate to the admiral of the Norwegian north coast:
- 56th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 57th Outpost Flotilla
Frigate captain Alexander Magnus was head of the association from the formation until March 1942.
literature
- Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 4
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 4, p. 1 f.
- ↑ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter VI, chapter 1, p. 1 f.