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Rolf Carls

1885 - 1945

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Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a high-ranking German admiral and deputy to Kriegsmarine commander-in-chief Erich Raeder during much of World War II. Carls served as Flottenchef (Fleet Commander), the navy's highest ranking administrative officer, and was a member of the Oberkommando der Marine (High Command of the Navy). He was instrumental in planning German naval operations during Operation Weserübung – the invasion of Denmark and Norway. When Raeder resigned as head of the navy in early 1943, he suggested Carls as a candidate to succeed him. After Adolf Hitler appointed Admiral Karl Donitz to succeed Raeder, Carls was discharged from the navy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rolf Carls is the 1,333rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,301st in 2019), the 3,313th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,152nd in 2019) and the 249th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Rolf Carls ranks 1,333 out of 2,058. Before him are John Burgoyne, Nam Il, Jānis Balodis, Lodewijk van Heiden, Lucius Flavius Silva, and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. After him are Quintus Fufius Calenus, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Otto Ciliax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Rolf Carls ranks 125. Before him are Francisco Olazar, Frederick Holman, Elihan Tore, Emil Väre, Dimitrios Loundras, and Jan Czochralski. After him are Nils von Kantzow, Carmine Gallone, Liviu Rebreanu, François de La Rocque, Georges Mandel, and Edward Lasker. Among people deceased in 1945, Rolf Carls ranks 223. Before him are Violette Szabo, Henrietta Szold, Ernst-Günther Baade, Alexander Granach, Harry Hillman, and Friedrich, Prince of Wied. After him are Nils Edén, Hazi Aslanov, Carl Gustaf Ekman, Leo Borchard, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, and Lucien Simon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rolf Carls ranks 3,315 out of 7,253. Before him are Curt von Bardeleben (1861), Friedrich, Prince of Wied (1872), Herman Rarebell (1949), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Ludwig Kaas (1881), and Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265). After him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1529), Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865), Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (1734), Jordanus de Nemore (null), Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1813), and Hans Rottenhammer (1564).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Rolf Carls ranks 249. Before him are Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Walter Krüger (1892), Helmut Kunz (1910), Werner Goldberg (1919), Constantin von Alvensleben (1809), and Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808). After him are Otto Ciliax (1891), Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661), Franz Bäke (1898), and Friedrich Christiansen (1879).

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