Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy
(Chef der Marineleitung 1920-1935)
(Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine 1935-1945)- Grossadmiral Erich Raeder 9.24.28-1.30.43
- Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz 1.30.43-5.1.45
- Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg 5.1.45-5.23.45
- Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha 5.23.45-7.22.45
Chief of Naval General Staff
(Chef der Marinkommandoamtes 1919-1937)
(Chef der Stabes der Seekriegsleitung 1937-1945) - Admiral Dr. Otto Groos 9.28.31-9.28.34
- Admiral Günther Guse 9.29.34-10.31.38
- Generaladmiral Otto Schniewing 10.31.38-6.13.41
- Admiral Kurt Fricke 6.13.41-2.20.43
- Admiral Wilhelm Meisel2.20.43-7.22.45
Chief of Naval Operations
(Chef der Flottenabteilung 1919-1936)
(Chef der Operationsabteilung 1936-1945) Flottenchef - Admiral Walter Gladisch 9.30.31-9.22.33
- Admiral Richard Foerster 9.22.33-12.21.36
- Generaladmiral Rolf Carls 12.31.36-11.1.38
- Generaladmiral Hermann Boehm 11.1.38-10.20.39
- Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall10.20.39-3.11.40
- Admiral Günther Lütjens 3.11.40-4.23.40
- Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall4.23.40-6.18.40
- Admiral Günther Lütjens 6.18.40-5.27.41
- Vizeadmiral Leopold Siemens 5.27.41-6.12.41
- Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind 6.12.41-7.31.44
- Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken 7.31.44-5.23.45
Baltic Fleet Marineoberkommando Nord - Generaladmiral Rolf Carls 9.21.40-3.2.43
- Generaladmiral Otto Schniewind 3.2.43-7.30.44
Marineoberkommando Nordsee - Admiral Erich Förste 6.22.43-7.10.45
Marineoberkommando Norwegen Marineoberkommando Ost/Ostsee - Generaladmiral Konrad Albrecht 11.1.38-10.30.39
- Generaladmiral Rolf Karls 10.31.39-9.20.40
- Admiral Hubert Schmundt 6.22.43-3.1.44
- Generaladmiral Oskar Kummetz 3.1.44-7.23.45
Marineoberkommando Süd - Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster 6.31.41-12.??.41
- Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall12.??.41-3.??.42
- Admiral Karlgeorg Schuster 3.??.42-3.21.43
- Admiral Kurt Fricke 3.21.43-12.11.44
- ?? 12.11.44-1.1.45
- Vizeadmiral Werner Löwisch 1/1/45-5/2/45
Marineoberkommando West Admiral Commanding, Adriatic - Vizeadmiral Joachim Lietzmann 9.10.43-7.4.44
- Vizeadmiral Werner Löwisch 7.4.44-7.16.44
- Vizeadmiral Joachim Lietzmann 7.16.44-12.7.44
Admiral Commanding, Aegean - Vizeadmiral Hans-Hubertus von Stosch 7.1.41-9.26.41
?? 9/26/41-2/23/43 - Vizeadmiral Werner Lange 2.23.43-11.28.44
Admiral Commanding, Atlantic Coast - Vizeadmiral Ernst Schirlitz 3.1.43-5.9.45
Admiral Commanding, Baltic - Generaladmiral Conrad Albrecht 1.1.32-11.1.38
- Generaladmiral Rolf Carls 11.1.38-1.3.39
- Vizeadmiral Friedrich Götting 1.3.39-2.15.39
- Generaladmiral Rolf Karls 2.15.39-5.15.39
- Admiral G¨nther Guse 5.15.39-5.27.39
- Generaladmiral Rolf Karls 5.27.39-2.16.40
- Admiral G¨nther Guse 2.16.40-4.10.42
- Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall4.10.42-5/2/42
- Admiral G¨nther Guse 5.2.42-3.8.43
- Admiral Hubert Schmundt 3.9.43-6.21.43
Redesignated as Marineoberkommando Ostsee 6.22.43
Admiral Commanding, East Baltic - Admiral Theodor Burchardi 6.17.44-4.18.45
- Vizeadmiral August Thiele 4.28.45-6.22.45
Admiral Commanding, West Baltic - Vizeadmiral Werner Lange 11.29.44-3.30.45
- Konteradmiral Günther Schubert 3.30.45-7.22.45
Admiral Commanding, Belgium/Netherlands - Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere 5.20.40-6.18.40
- Konteradmiral Helmuth Kienast 6.18.40-7.1.42
- Vizeadmiral Kurt Caesar Hoffmann 7.1.42-3.4.43
- Vizeadmiral Gustav Kleikamp 3.4.43-12.31.44
- Vizeadmiral Rudolf Stange 12.31.44-6.9.45
Admiral Commanding, Black Sea - Admiral Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer 7.1.41-5.2.42
?? 5.2.42-5.15.42 - Admiral Hans-Dietrich Wurmbach 5.15.42-9.15.42
- Vizeadmiral Hellmuth Heye 9.15.42-11.10.42
- Vizeadmiral Robert Witthoeft-Emden 11.10.42-2.28.43
- Vizeadmiral Gustav Kieseeritzky 2.28.43-11.19.43
- ?? 11.19.43-11.22.43
- Vizeadmiral Hellmuth Brinkmann 11.22.43-11.9.44
Admiral Commanding, Channel Coast - Admiral Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer 7.26.40-2.19.41
- Admiral Hermann von Fischel 2.19.41-2.10.43
- Vizeadmiral Friedrich Rieve 2.10.43-9.8.44
Admiral Commanding, Denmark - Admiral Raul Mewis 6.1.40-3.18.43
- Admiral Hans-Dietrch Wurmbach 3.1.8.43-5.8.45
Admiral Commanding, East Asia - Admiral Paul Wenneker 3.21.40-5.8.45
Admiral Commanding, France - Admiral Karlgeorg Schutzer 6.22.41-3.1.41
- Generaladmiral Otto Schultze 3.1.41-8.12.42
- Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall8.12.42-11.30.42
Admiral Commanding, French South Coast - Konteradmiral Adalbert Zuckschwerdt 6.26.43-8.31.43
- Vizeadmiral Paul Wever 9.2.43-8.11.44
- Vizeadmiral Ernst Scheurlen 8.13.44-9.6.44
Admiral Commanding, Heligoland Bight - Vizeadmiral Ernst Scheurlen
- Konteradmiral Rolf Johannesson
- Vizeadmiral Gustav Kleikamp
Admiral Commanding, North Sea - Admiral Richard Foerster
- Admiral Otto Feige
- Admiral Richard Foerster
- Generaladmiral Otto Schultze
- Generaladmiral Hermann Boehm
- Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter
- Generaladmiral Otto Schultze
- Admiral Hermann Densch
- Admiral Erich Förste
Redisgnated Marineoberkommando Nordsee
Admiral Commanding, Northern Waters - Admiral Hubert Schmundt
- Vizeadmiral August Thiele
- Konteradmiral Otto Klüber
- Konteradmiral Rudolf Peters
Admiral Commanding, Norway - Generaladmiral Hermann Boehm
Redesignated Marineoberkommando Norwegen
Admiral Commanding, Norwegian North Coast - Vizeadmiral August Thiele
- Vizeadmiral Leopold Siemens
- Vizeadmiral Walter Krastel
- Vizeadmiral Leopold Siemens
- Vizeadmiral Erich Schultze Mönting
Admiral Commanding, Norwegian Polar Coast - Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk
- Vizeadmiral Walter Krastel
- Vizeadmiral Otto Schenk
- Vizeadmiral Heinz Nordmann
Admiral Commanding, Norwegian South Coast Admiral Commanding, Norwegian West Coast - Admiral Otto von Schrader
Admiral Commanding, Polar Coast - Vizeadmiral Bruno Machens
Admiral Commanding, West - Admiral Karl-Georg Schuster
Flag Officer, Battleships Flag Officer, Cruisers - Generaladmiral Oskar Kummetz
- Admiral Hubert Schmundt
Flag Officer, Destroyers - Kommodore Friedrich Bonte
- Konteradmiral Erich Bey
- Vizeadmiral Leo Kreisch
- Konteradmiral Max-Eckart Wolff
- Kapitän zur See Alfred Schemmel
Flag Officer, Submarines - Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz
- Generaladmiral Hans-Georg con Friedeburg
- Konteradmiral Eberhard Godt
Flag Officer, Torpedo Boats - Admiral Kurt Fricke
- Generaladmiral Oskar Kummetz
- Admiral Günther Lütjents
- Kommodore Friedrich Bonte
- Konteradmiral Hans con Bütow
- Kommodore Rudolf Petersen
Flag Officer, Minesweepers - Konteradmiral Kurt Ramien
- Vizeadmiral Friedrich Ruge
Flag Officer, Reconnaissance Forces - Vizeadmiral Hans Kolbe
- Generaladmiral Hermann Boehm
- Admiral Hermann Densch
- Admiral Günther Lütjens
Flag Officer, Naval Security Forces - Konteradmiral Ernst Lucht
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