Commander of the Sea Defense East Frisia

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The Commandant of the Sea Defense Ostfriesland , or Seekommandant Ostfriesland for short , was a regional coastal commander of the German Navy in World War II , who was subordinate to the commanding Admiral German Bight . The office was set up in November 1944 with its seat in Tidofeld near Norden in East Friesland . Rear admiral Kurt Weyher was the only sea ​​commander .

structure

Map of the East Frisian coast

The Ostfriesland sea command consisted of five sections and several directly subordinate units.

Associations directly subordinate to them

  • Naval Fortress Engineer Staff 3 ( Aurich )
    • Naval Fortress Engineer Battalion 340 (Emden)
    • Naval Fortress Pioneer Battalion 360 ( Jever , only reported shortly before the end of the war)
  • 4th Marine Motor Vehicle Department (Cuxhaven)

Section Borkum

Responsible for the island of Borkum and the Dutch island of Rottum . The island commander was also the fortress commander from the beginning of 1945.

Structure 1944:

  • Borkum harbor protection flotilla
  • Naval artillery department 116 (Borkum)
  • Marine Flaka Department 216 (Borkum)
  • Marine Island Battalion 350 (Borkum)

The commander was Captain Werner Stichling until May 1940, and from May 1944 until the end of the war, Frigate Captain Kurt Goebell , who was later sentenced to death by the USA for the lilacides of Borkum .

Section Emden

The western part of the East Frisian peninsula without the offshore islands belonged to the Emden section . In addition, there were the Dutch provinces of Friesland , Gelderland , Groningen , Overijssel and Utrecht including the islands of Schiermonnikoog , Ameland , Terschelling and Vlieland .

  • Port Commander Delfzijl
  • Port Commander Emden
  • Naval Artillery Division 126 ( Leer )
  • 6th Marine Flak Regiment (Emden) from January 1945
  • Naval Fortress Battalion 363 ( Wilhelmshaven / Schillig , later Emden)
  • Naval Fortress Battalion 366 deployed in January 1945
  • Naval Fortress Battalion 367 (Emden)
  • Naval Fortress Battalion 368 (Delfzijl)
  • Marine Island Battalion 353, relocated from North Friesland to the Emden section in January 1945

During the fighting for Emden, three regiments were formed from available naval units and other units located in the region, whose infantry units were reinforced by naval artillery and flak:

  • Marine Regiment West 1, with Marine Fortress Battalions 363 and 367 and others
  • Marine Regiment West 2, with Marine Island Battalion 353
  • Marine Regiment West 3, with Marine Fortress Battalion 366, Marine Infantry Training Battalion 1

There were also the fortress regiments Emden-Süd and Emden-Ost.

Section Norderney

The Norderney section included the islands of Norderney , Baltrum and Juist .

  • Marine Flaka Department 226 (Norderney)
  • Marine Island Battalion 355 (Juist)

Section Wangerooge

Distribution of the gun emplacements on Wangerooge during World War II
British air raid on Wangerooge on April 25, 1945

The Wangerooge section included the islands of Wangerooge , Spiekeroog , and Langeoog . All troops were on Wangerooge.

  • Naval Artillery Division 631
  • Marine Island Battalion 354
  • Flak commander Wangerooge
  • 2. Light flak training department (dissolved November 1944)

Wilhelmshaven section

Overview of the positions in the Schillig area

The eastern part of the East Frisian peninsula without the offshore islands belonged to the Wilhelmshaven section .

From May 1940 to December 1943, Walther Oehler was the commander of the Second Marine Flak Brigade .

literature

  • Walter Lohmann , Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939–1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walter Lohmann, Hans H. Hildebrand. The German Navy 1939-1945 . Compilation in three volumes. OO 1956. Volume I, main chapter IX, chapter 6, p. 3 f.