Commander of the Sea Defense East and West Prussia
The Commandant of the Sea Defense East and West Prussia , or Sea Commander East and West Prussia for short, was a regional coastal commander in the German Navy during World War II .
history
The agency emerged on December 13, 1944 from that of the Central Baltic Sea Commander-in- Chief . It was subordinate to the commanding admiral Eastern Baltic Sea and had its headquarters in Gotenhafen . The area of command corresponded to that of the former coast commander in the middle Baltic Sea. As early as February 1945, the sea command was divided into the West Prussian and East Prussian sea command.
The sea commanders East and West Prussia were:
- Rear Admiral Rudolf rod , in December 1944, and later Commanding Admiral in the Netherlands
- Sea captain Wolfgang Jerchel, January 1945, former sea commander Kristiansand-Süd , sea commander Tromsö , last sea commander Saloniki and sole sea commander North Greece , later sea commander East Prussia
Commander of the Sea Defense East Prussia
The naval commander's staff was in Pillau . The maritime commander was at the same time fortress commander Pillau and commander of the sea water route Frisches Haff .
Sea commanders were:
- Sea captain Wolfgang Jerchel, January - February 1945
- Sea captain Johannes Möller, February - April 1945
- Sea captain Hellmuth Strobel , April 1945
- Subordinate departments and associations
- Port captain and at the same time blocking commander Pillau, at the same time head of the Pillau coast guard
- Marine Artillery Division 533 (Pillau)
- Flak artillery commander Pillau (from February 1945)
- Navy Flak Department 215
- Navy Flak Department 225
- From members of disbanded naval facilities, including the naval anti-aircraft departments, the naval rifle battalions 121 to 124 were set up in Pillau in March 1945 and deployed under the command of the army.
Commander of the Naval Defense West Prussia
The sea commandant's staff was in Gotenhafen until March 1945, then on the Hela peninsula .
The only sea commander for West Prussia was Rear Admiral Siegfried Sorge .
- Subordinate departments and associations
- Gotenhafen naval fortress pioneer staff
- Wehrmacht commander Gotenhafen
- Port captain and at the same time blocking commander Gotenhafen
- Marine Light Artillery Division 531
- Marine Artillery Department 629 (Gotenhafen)
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9th Marine Flak Regiment (Gotenhafen)
- Marine Flak Department 219 (Gotenhafen)
- Marine Flak Department 249 (Gotenhafen)
- Marine Flak Department 259 (Gotenhafen, disbanded in March 1945)
- Navy Flak Department 818 (Hela)
- 1st Marine Fog Department (Gotenhafen)
- 9th Marine Fire Protection Department (Gotenhafen)
- From members of the disbanded naval facilities, the naval rifle battalions 101 to 106 were set up in Pillau in March 1945, deployed under the command of the army and wiped out.
literature
- Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand: The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter VIII, chapter 9