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Hermann Boehm
(18 January 1884,
Rybnik
? 11 April 1972,
Kiel
) was a German naval officer who rose to the rank of
General Admiral
during the
Second World War
.
Military service
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Boehm joined the
Kaiserliche Marine
on 1 April 1903 as a cadet and did his basic training on
SMS
Stein
. He was promoted to
Kapitanleutnant
on 19 September 1914 and during the
First World War
commanded various torpedo boats (such as
SMS G41
during the
Battle of Jutland
and later SMS V 69). In 1919 he was dismissed from the service, but when the navy was reactivated as the
Reichsmarine
in 1920 he was recalled to it, mainly serving in staff posts until 1933.
On 3 October 1933 Boehm was made the commander of the
Hessen
for a year, until he was promoted to
Konteradmiral
in autumn 1934 and appointed commander in chief of the navy's reconnaissance forces. From 25 August 1936 to 3 August 1937, during the opening stages of the
Spanish Civil War
, he commanded the German naval forces off the Spanish coast. On 1 April 1937 he was promoted to vice admiral and put in command of the North Sea Station. Early in 1938 he became a full admiral and in November the same year
Flottenchef
(fleet commander).
Shortly after the
Battle of the River Plate
, Boehm was relieved of command and left without a post for several months. After the
invasion of Norway
in April 1940, he was made the commander of German naval forces there on 10 April 1940, being promoted to
General Admiral
on 1 April the following year. In March 1943 he was recalled from Norway and on 31 May that year officially discharged from active service, effective on the following 1 June. From 1 March 1944 to 31 March 1945 he commanded the inspectorate of the Kriegsmarine's education programme, at the end of which post he was fully discharged from the Kriegsmarine.
Decorations
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Bibliography
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- (in German)
Hans H. Hildebrand und Ernest Henriot:
Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945 Band 1: A-G
, Biblio Verlag, Osnabruck 1988,
ISBN
3-7648-1499-3
, p 126-127
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