Hans Michahelles

Hans Michahelles
Born	18 May 1899 Nuremberg
Died	14 June 1975 (aged 76) Hamburg
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1917–45
Rank	Konteradmiral
Commands held	Festungskommandant Girondemündung Nord
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Michahelles (18 May 1899 – 14 June 1975) was a highly decorated Konteradmiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans Michahelles was captured by French troops in April 1945 and was held until 1950.

Awards

• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (7 November 1934)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class
• War Badge of the Coastal Artillery
• Knight's Cross of the Order of St Alexander (20 April 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 April 1945 as Konteradmiral and Festungskommandant Girondemündung Nord (Royan)^[1]

Notes

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 254.

References

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Hans Michahelles @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)