Wurmbach, Hans-Heinrich (Vizeadmiral)
- Date of birth:
- May 12th, 1891 (Siegen)
- Date of death:
- December 16th, 1965 (Schleswig)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
01.04.1911: Seekadett in die Kaiserliche Marine
00.00.1911-00.00.1912: Großen Kreuzer SMS Hansa and Marineschule Mürwik
15.04.1912: promoted to Fähnrich zur See
00.00.1912: Kleinen Kreuzer SMS Straßburg
03.08.1914: promoted to Leutnant zur See
00.08.1914-17.12.1916: Kleinen Kreuzer SMS Straßburg
00.12.1916: U-Boot-Lehrgang
00.00.1917: Wachoffizier, U-Boot SM U A
23.04.1917: U-Boot-Flottille Mittelmeer
26.04.1917: promoted to Oberleutnant zur See
00.04.1917: Wachoffizier, SM U 38
16.11.1917-18.01.1918: Kdt, SM U 38
00.09.1918: Kommandanten-Lehrgang, Marineschule
10.10.1918-17.11.1918: Kdt, U-Boot SM UC 101
15.03.1919: Marine-Brigade Ehrhardt
01.03.1920: awarded the Verdienstabzeichen der II. Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
01.03.1921: promoted to Kapitänleutnant
00.03.1921-02.01.1922: Ausbilder, Marineschule in Mürwik
00.00.1923: Adjutant, Chef der Marineleitung
00.10.1925: Adjutant und Torpedooffizier, Leicht Kreuzer Emden
02.04.1928: Adjutant, Kommandantur Kiel
01.10.1928-03.01.1930: Stab, Kommandantur then Kompaniechef, Marineschule Friedrichsort
01.04.1929: promoted to Korvettenkapitän
04.01.1930-30.09.1932: Referent, Inspekteur des Bildungswesens der Marine, Kiel
01.10.1932: Erster Offizier, Leicht Kreuzer Emden
19.01.1933: Panzerschiff Deutschland
01.04.1933-28.09.1934: Erster Offizier, Panzerschiff Deutschland
01.10.1934: promoted to Fregattenkapitän
05.10.1934-21.09.1936: Marineattaché, Deutsche Botschaft Rom
01.10.1936: promoted to Kapitän zur See, Oberkommando der Marine, Berlin
31.10.1938: Kommandant, Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer
24.10.1939: Chef des Stabes, Marinestation der Ostsee
01.09.1940: promoted to Konteradmiral
15.05.1942: Admiral Schwarzes Meer
01.09.1942: promoted to Vizeadmiral
10.11.1942-18.03.1943: illness
18.03.1943: Kommandierender Admiral Dänemark
16.04.1944-08.05.1945: Kommandierender Admiral Skagerrak
01.10.1944: promoted to Admiral
04.08.1945: Befehlshaber der deutschen Marinestreitkräfte in Dänemark
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1915
Hanseatenkreuz Lübeck
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1917
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Harp Madalyasi
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1918
Officer to the Order of Merit
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1936
Magyar Érdemrend Középkeresztje
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1938
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 17th, 1940
Medalia "Cruciada Impotriua Comunismului"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1942
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira Grand Cross with Swords and Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral (Vice-admiral)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral (Vice-admiral)
- Awarded on:
- January 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vizeadmiral (Rear-admiral)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender Admiral Dänemark
- Awarded on:
- December 28th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo 2:
- Photo: Oberleutnant zur See Hans Heinrich Wurmbach - German and Austrian U-boats of World War One - Kaiserliche Marine - uboat.net
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- General der Artillerie Edmund Wachenfeld - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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