Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

Infobox Military Person
name=Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
born=birth date|1897|6|25|df=y
died=dda|1985|8|20|1897|6|25|df=y
placeofbirth=Brake
placeofdeath=Cologne


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1919)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1915-1945
rank=Vizeadmiral
commands=German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken (25 June 1897 – 20 August 1985) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914)
** 2nd Class (1 July 1916)
** 1st Class (30 December 1919)
* "Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung" 4th to 2nd Class
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (10 June 1942)
** 1st Class (30 August 1942)
* German Cross in Gold (15 September 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (15 May 1944)
* High Seas Fleet Badge (29 November 1942)
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 5 October 1943

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.