Max-Eckart Wolff

Max-Eckart Wolff
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Born	(1902-12-19)19 December 1902 Wernigerode
Died	9 November 1988(1988-11-09) (aged 85) Bremen
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1922-1945 1956–1961
Rank	Kapitän zur See Flottillenadmiral
Commands held	destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eduard Hans Martin Max-Eckart Wolff (19 December 1902 in Wernigerode – 9 November 1988 in Bremen) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Wolff as commander of destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele was credited with the sinking of the British destroyers HMS Hardy and HMS Hunter on 10 April 1940. On 13 April 1940 he torpedoed and damaged HMS Eskimo.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (6 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (12 May 1940)
• Wound Badge in Black (13 May 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 August 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of destroyer Z-2 Georg Thiele
• Destroyer War Badge (9 October 1940)
• Narvik Shield (10 November 1940)
• Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (March 1963)

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Max-Eckart Wolff @ Deutsches Marinesoldaten

Military offices
Preceded by Konteradmiral Erich Bey	Führer der Zerstörer 1 November 1943 – 15 January 1944	Succeeded by Kapitän zur See Theodor von Bechtolsheim
Preceded by —	Commander-in-Chief German Fleet (CINCGERFLEET) 1956 – 1957	Succeeded by Konteradmiral Rolf Johannesson