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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 .
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).
Horst Hofmann: Obersteuermann: Steuermann and watch officer U-672: 20 May 1944: 218 Karl-Heinz Wiebe: Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) chief engineer on U-178: 22 May 1944: 219 Horst von Schroeter: Oberleutnant zur See: commander of U-123: 1 June 1944: 220 Heinrich Hoffmann: Korvettenkapitän: chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille 7 June 1944
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 ...
[47] [54] Before being instructed to break off, Scharnhorst ' s commanding officer, Captain Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann, brought his ship within 12 miles (19 km) of the convoy in an attempt to draw Ramillies away so that Gneisenau could make a separate attack on the merchant vessels. This violated the order against engaging warships of equal strength ...
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
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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 ...