Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast

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Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast , from February 1943 Commanding Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast , was the name of a military service of the German Navy and its commander. It was erected in August 1940 after the German occupation of Norway in World War II . The headquarters were in Tromso . 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 captain or port commander in April 1940 and the establishment of the staff of the sea ​​commander Narvik on June 14, 1940 . These were initially subordinate to the admiral of the Norwegian north coast .

In August 1940, the area boundaries of the naval commanders in Norway were redefined. The staff of the dissolved Admiral of the Norwegian South Coast was relocated to Tromso, where it set up the new Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast. The commander also moved from Kristiansand- Süd to Tromsö.

The area of ​​command initially extended from Bodø to the Finnish- Norwegian border. In the last months of the war the northern and eastern parts of the command area were lost.

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.

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The following were appointed as admirals or commanding admirals of the Norwegian west coast:

Departments

The following departments were subordinate to the Admiral Norwegian Arctic Coast:

  • Commander of the Naval Defense Narvik (from August 1940, initially under the Admiral of the Norwegian north coast)
  • Commander of the Tromso Sea Defense (appointed in July 1940 as the Commander of the Arctic Coast Sea Defense , initially under the Admiral of the Norwegian north coast)
  • Commandant of the Kirkenes naval defense (in March 1941 outsourced from the area of ​​the Tromso commanders of the naval defense)
  • Commander of the Hammerfest Sea Defense (from March 1942)
  • Commander of the Harstad Naval Defense (from January 1945)
  • L-Einsatzstab (landing task force) polar coast (planned for installation in 1942, then abandoned and yet installed in September 1944):
    • 5th landing flotilla (from the commandant of Kirkenes naval defense)
    • 6th landing flotilla ( Hammerfest , later commander of the Harstad naval defense)
    • 8th landing flotilla ( Bergen )
    • 9. Landing Flotilla ( Narvik )
  • Maritime Commander T , intended as Maritime Commander Murmansk, but not realized
  • Commander Altafjord (March - October 1944, then area of ​​responsibility to the commander of the sea defense Hammerfest)
  • Marineartilleriezeugamt Tromsö, from 1943 naval artillery arsenal, from March 1945 artillery weapons command
  • Naval equipment and repair company Narvik (from June 1942)

Sea Commander T

The post of sea ​​commander T was intended for use in Murmansk . However, this plan could not be implemented. The post was provided by Captain Günther von der Forst , whose staff existed from June to December 1941.

Commander of the Harstad Naval Defense

British air raid on the German submarine base in Kilbotn on May 4, 1945 as part of Operation Judgment

The office of the commandant of the Harstad naval defense was separated from the naval command of Narvik in January 1945 . The command area consisted of the island of Hinnøya , the city of Andenes and half of the island of Senja , which had previously belonged to the Tromsö sea command . The following were deployed as naval commanders:

The following were subordinate to the sea commander:

  • 6th landing flotilla (Harstad, from the disbanded commander of the sea defense Hammerfest , later to the L-Einsatzstab (landing operations staff) polar coast)
  • Harbor Captain Harstad
  • Naval Artillery Division 511 (Harstad)
  • Marine Flak Department 709 (Harstad)
  • Marine Flak Division 823 ( Kilbotn )
  • Harstad Naval Equipment Station

Coastal protection associations

In October 1940, the Arctic Coast Coastal Security Association was set up, which was subordinate to the Admiral of the Norwegian Arctic Coast and tactically to the sea commander Tromso. From September 1941, the commander of the association was stationed in Kirkenes with his guide boat Nordwind .

In June 1944 the association was divided into the 1st and 2nd Coastal Security Association (KSV). The 1st KSV stayed in Kirkenes and was tactically subordinate to the sea commander there for a time (→ structure ). The 2nd KSV received Tromsö as a basis.

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 5, p. 1 f.
  2. ↑ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945. Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XII, chapter 5, p. 10 f.
  3. ↑ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter VI, chapter 4, p. 1 ff.