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Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (26 August 1895 – 19 May 1988) was a senior naval commander in the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II, who commanded the battleship Scharnhorst. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross .
Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann, captain of Scharnhorst, attempted to draw off the British battleship, so that Gneisenau could sink the merchant vessels. Lütjens, however, did not understand Hoffmann's intentions which the Scharnhorst captain was not able to communicate in detail in such short-order. A heated radio conversation followed in which Lütjens ...
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments.The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes).
Kurt Caesar Hoffmann: 26 August 1895: 19 May 1988: 1 April 1943: 1 April 1912 Kriegsmarine: Joachim Lietzmann: 1 September 1894: 19 September 1959: 1 October 1943: 1 April 1911 Kriegsmarine: Paul Wever: 28 January 1893: 11 August 1944: 1 October 1943: 1 April 1912 Kriegsmarine: Leopold Bürkner: 29 January 1894: 15 July 1975: 1 October 1943: 1 ...
His tenure as the ship's commander was brief; in September 1939, an illness forced him to go on sick leave, and he was replaced by KzS Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann. Hoffmann served as the ship's captain until 1942. [ 7 ]
Kurt and Wyatt Russell may be father and son IRL, but they portray the same person in Apple TV+’s new Godzilla series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Playing the character of Lee Shaw at different ...
Kurt Fimmen: Oberleutnant zur See: commander of Schnellboot S-26 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille 14 August 1940: 27 Götz Freiherr von Mirbach: Oberleutnant zur See: commander of Schnellboot S-21 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille 14 August 1940: Awarded 500th Oak Leaves 14 June 1944 28 Hans-Rudolf Rösing: Korvettenkapitän: chief of the 7.
Admiral Hoffman may refer to: Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (1895–1988), German Navy vice admiral; Paul Hoffmann (naval officer) (1846–1917), Imperial German Navy vice admiral; Roy Hoffmann (born 1925), U.S. Navy rear admiral; Theodor Hoffmann (admiral) (1935–2018), East German Navy admiral