Commander of the Libau Naval Defense

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The Commander of the Naval Defense Libau , or Naval Commander Libau for short , was a regional coastal commander of the German Navy in World War II based in Libau .

history

In the spring of 1941, the Navy made organizational preparations for the German attack on the Soviet Union ( Operation Barbarossa ). For this purpose, the staffs of several sea ​​command offices were set up, which were initially only designated with a letter and without geographical reference. For this, the department was one of the commanders of the naval defense O , in turn, the Marine commander C was assumed.

After the occupation of the Baltic States , the staff was moved to Libau and renamed accordingly. The subordination changed in November 1941 under the newly established Admiral Ostland , from February 1943 commanding Admiral Ostland , and from February 1944 under the commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea . After the incorporation of the Riga Naval Command, with the exception of Riga itself, the staff was renamed Commandant of Naval Defense Latvia .

Subordinate departments and associations

The following units and offices were subordinate to the sea commander:

  • Port captain Libau (from December 1944 subordinated to the newly appointed port commander Libau)
  • Port Captain Windau (from 1942)
  • Marine Flak Department 239 (ztws 1941)
  • Marine Flak Department 712 (from April 1943, previously Marine Flak Department 224, Brunsbüttel )
  • 7. Replacement Marine Artillery Division (until December 1942)
  • Naval Artillery Regiment 10 (Libau, from November 1944)
    • Marine artillery department 530 (Windau)
    • Naval Artillery Department 532 ( Irben Mouth )
    • Naval Artillery Department 534 (Libau, formed from Naval Flak Department 711 in October)
  • 9th Marine Motor Vehicle Department (Libau)
  • Naval Fortress Engineer Battalion 321 (Libau)
  • Navy shipyard, later Libau naval equipment center
  • Naval artillery arsenal Libau (from September 1944, previously Naval artillery arsenal Reval )

Naval commanders

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939–1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter XI, chapters 4 and 7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter VIII, chapter 6, p. 3 f.
  2. ↑ a b Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter VIII, chapter 7, p. 10 f.
  3. ^ Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume II, main chapter VIII, chapter 9, p. 6 f.