Oskar Kummetz

Oskar Kummetz

Born	(1891-07-21)21 July 1891 Illowo in the district of Neidenburg, East Prussia
Died	17 December 1980(1980-12-17) (aged 89) Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1910–45
Rank	Generaladmiral
Unit	SMS Victoria Louise SMS Helgoland SMS Posen
Commands held	Kampfgruppe "Oslo"
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Drøbak Sound Battle of the Barents Sea Operation Rösselsprung
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Oskar Kummetz (21 July 1891 – 17 December 1980) was a Generaladmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He also served in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. Kummetz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) for his actions in the Battle of Drøbak Sound, during which his command, the Blücher was hit in the superstructure by two 28 cm shells from Norwegian fortress Oscarsborg, 15 cm shells from Kopås fortress and 5,7 cm gunfire from Husvik fortress. From Kaholmen "Blücher" was hit by two torpedoes and she sank 84 meters below the sound. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. His next command, the Admiral Hipper unsuccessfully attacked a British convoy during the Battle of the Barents Sea, and the Hipper was damaged by British cruisers, while his escort, the Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt was sunk with all hands by HMS Sheffield (C24).

Awards

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (30 June 1916)^[1]
- 1st Class (27 September 1919)^[1]
Honour Cross for Combatants (January 1935)^[1]
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st to 4th Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend (Commander of the Hungarian Order of Merit) (20 August 1938)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (14 October 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (12 April 1940)^[1]
Memel Medal (14 March 1940)^[1]
High Seas Fleet Badge (5 February 1942)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 January 1941 as Konteradmiral and leader of the Kampfgruppe Oslo^[2]^[3]

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dörr 1995, p. 380.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 279.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 484.

Bibliography

Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
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.

Military offices
Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Kurt Fricke	Führer der Torpedoboote (F.d.T.) 1933–1939 25 September 1933 – 5 October 1934	Succeeded by Konteradmiral Günther Lütjens

German Colonel Generals and General Admirals of Nazi Germany

Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Army	Wilhelm Adam Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Ludwig Beck Johannes Blaskowitz Eduard Dietl Friedrich Dollmann Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Johannes Frießner Werner von Fritsch Friedrich Fromm Heinz Guderian Curt Haase Franz Halder Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord Josef Harpe Gotthard Heinrici Walter Heitz Carl Hilpert Erich Hoepner Karl-Adolf Hollidt Hermann Hoth Hans-Valentin Hube Erwin Jaenecke Alfred Jodl Georg Lindemann Eberhard von Mackensen Erhard Raus Georg-Hans Reinhardt Lothar Rendulic Richard Ruoff Hans von Salmuth Rudolf Schmidt Eugen Ritter von Schobert Adolf Strauß Karl Strecker Heinrich von Vietinghoff Walter Weiß Kurt Zeitzler

Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Luftwaffe	Otto Deßloch Ulrich Grauert Hans Jeschonnek Alfred Keller Günther Korten Bruno Loerzer Alexander Löhr Günther Rüdel Kurt Student Hans-Jürgen Stumpff Ernst Udet Hubert Weise

General Admiral (Generaladmiral) of the Kriegsmarine	Conrad Albrecht Hermann Boehm Rolf Carls Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Oskar Kummetz Wilhelm Marschall Alfred Saalwächter Otto Schniewind Otto Schultze Walter Warzecha Karl Witzell

SS-Oberst- Gruppenführer of the Waffen SS	Kurt Daluege Sepp Dietrich Paul Hausser Franz Xaver Schwarz

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine High Command

Commander-in-Chief	Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Chief of Staff of the Naval Operations	Otto Schniewind Kurt Fricke

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost	Rolf Carls

Marinegruppenbefehlshaber West	Alfred Saalwächter Theodor Krancke² (Oak Leaves)

Commander of the security of the North Sea	Kurt Böhmer Eberhard Wolfram Ernst Lucht

Commander of the security of the Baltic Sea	Hans Stohwasser

Commanding Admiral Aegean Sea	Werner Lange

Commanding Admiral Ostland	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Norwegian West Coast	Otto von Schrader

Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea	Theodor Burchardi³ (Oak Leaves)

Commanding Admiral Black Sea	Gustav Kieseritzky Helmuth Brinkmann

Commander-in-chief of the German Naval Commando in Italy	Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Commander-in-Chief of the battleships	Otto Ciliax

Commander-in-Chief of the reconnaissance forces	Günther Lütjens Hubert Schmundt

Leader of the E-boats	Rudolf Petersen⁴ (Oak Leaves)

Leader of the mine sweepers	Friedrich Ruge

Leader of the torpedo boats	Hans Bütow

Befehlshaber der U-Boote	Karl Dönitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Leader of the destroyers	Friedrich Bonte

Leader of the Kampfgruppe Oslo	Oskar Kummetz

Commander-in-Chief of the Kampfgruppe Thiele	August Thiele⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross as Befehlshaber der U-Boote ² Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer ³ Knight's Cross as Commanding Admiral Ostland, Oak Leaves as Commanding Admiral Eastern Baltic Sea. ⁴ Knight's Cross as chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille. ⁵ Knight's Cross as commander of heavy cruiser Lützow

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