Walter Warzecha

Walter Wilhelm Julius Warzecha
Born(1891-05-23)23 May 1891
Schwiebus, Brandenburg
Died3 August 1956(1956-08-03) (aged 65)
Hamburg
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Imperial German Navy
 Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
Years of service1909–45
RankGeneraladmiral
Commands heldUC-1
UC-71
UB-148
Admiral Graf Spee
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriesgsmarine (commissary)
Battles/warsWorld War I
Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918)
World War II
AwardsKnight`s Cross of the War Merit Cross

Walter Wilhelm Julius Warzecha (23 May 1891 – 3 August 1956) was a German naval commander and high-ranking officer of the Kriegsmarine. Serving in the rank of General Admiral he succeeded General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as the last Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine after the end of World War II.


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