__NOTOC__ Max-Eckart Wolff (19 December 1902 – 9 November 1988) was a naval commander in the

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

. Wolff as commander of destroyer Z2 ''Georg Thiele'' was credited with the sinking of the British destroyers HMS ''Hardy'' and HMS ''Hunter'' on 10 April 1940. On 13 April 1940 he torpedoed and damaged HMS ''Eskimo''. He later served as the ''

Führer der Zerstörer The organization of the ''Kriegsmarine'' refers to the operational and administrative structure of the German Navy from 1935 to 1945. Many of the organizational tenets of the Kriegsmarine were inherited from its predecessor the Reichsmarine. As ...

'' (Commander of Destroyers) from 1943 to 1944. In 1956, Wolff became the first commander of the independent post-war West German Bundesmarine.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 November 1939) & 1st Class (12 May 1940)Dörr 1996, p. 356. * Wound Badge in Black (13 May 1940) *

on 4 August 1940 as ''

Korvettenkapitän () is the lowest ranking senior officer in a number of Germanic-speaking navies. Austro-Hungary Belgium Germany Korvettenkapitän, short: KKpt/in lists: KK, () is the lowest senior officer rank () in the German Navy. Address The offici ...

'' and commander of destroyer ''Z2'' ''Georg Thiele''Fellgiebel 2000, p. 452. * Destroyer War Badge (9 October 1940) *

Narvik Shield The Narvik Shield () was a World War II German military decoration awarded to all German forces that took part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940. It was instituted on 19 August 1940 by Adolf Hitler. The ''Oberkommando der We ...

(10 November 1940) * Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (March 1963)

References

Citations

Bibliography

* * 1902 births 1988 deaths Bundesmarine admirals Reichsmarine personnel Kriegsmarine personnel Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Flotilla admirals of the German Navy People from Wernigerode Military personnel from Saxony-Anhalt {{germany-navy-bio-stub