Paul Wenneker
Paul Wennecker | |
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Born | Kiel, Germany | February 27, 1890
Died | October 17, 1979 Bergstedt, Germany | (aged 89)
Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Imperial German Navy Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1909-1945 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | German torpedo boat T 109
German minesweeper M 2 German minesweeper M 30 German minesweeper M 132 German pocket battleship Deutschland |
Paul Werner Wenneker (27 February 1890 – 17 October 1979) was a German admiral and diplomat. Born in Kiel, Wenneker died in Bergstedt, Hamburg.
Having joined the Kaiserliche Marine in 1909, Wenneker twice served as German Naval Attaché to Japan, first from 1935 to 1937 and again from 1940 to 1945.[1]:235 In-between these terms, from 1937 to 1940, he was commanding officer of the German pocket battleship Deutschland.
As Naval Attaché, Wenneker advocated the use of U-boats to disrupt American supply routes, but his advice went largely unheeded by the Japanese.
Awards and decorations[]
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
- Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords
- War Merit Cross (1939), 1st and 2nd class with Swords
- German Cross in Silver (24 April 1944)
- Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (18 January 1945)
- Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class (Japan)
References[]
- ^ Giese, O., 1994, Shooting the War, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, ISBN 1557503079
- Hildebrand, Hans; Henriot, Ernest (1990). P — Z. Deutschlands Admirale : 1849-1945 : die militärischen Werdegänge der See-, Ingenieur-, Sanitäts-, Waffen- und Verwaltungsoffiziere im Admiralsrang (in German). 3. Osnabrück: Biblio-Verl. pp. 530–531. ISBN 3764814993.
External links[]
- WW2DB: Paul Wenneker
- Profile of Wenneker
- In depth career history, with photos at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1979 deaths
- Military personnel from Kiel
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- Reichsmarine personnel
- Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
- Admirals of the Kriegsmarine
- German diplomats
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross
- Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun
- German expatriates in Japan
- German Navy personnel stubs