Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken Military person

Wilhelm Gerhard Oskar Julius Meendsen-Bohlken (25 June 1897 – 20 August 1985) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 25, 1897
Birth place
Brake Lower Saxony
Date of deathAugust 20, 1985
Place of death
Cologne

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allegiance
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
German Empire (to 1919)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
World War I
Operation Wunderland
military commandpocket battleship Admiral Scheer
military unit
SMS Freya
SM U-117
SM U-80
service start1915
service end1945

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