| Hubert Schmundt | |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Schweidnitz |
| Death Place: | Bad Soden |
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| Serviceyears: | 1908–44 |
| Commands: | light cruiser Königsberg light cruiser Nürnberg Naval Academy Mürwik |
| Battles: | World War I----World War II |
| Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hubert Schmundt (19 September 1888 – 17 October 1984) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Schmundt joined the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) as a cadet in 1908 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1911. He was serving with the East Asia Squadron aboard between 1910 and 1913 and returned to Germany in 1913. During World War I he was flag lieutenant of the 3rd destroyer flotilla and commanded the destroyer V71 being promoted to Kapitänleutnant in 1918. Schmundt was awarded the Iron Cross first and second class.
Schmundt remained in the Navy after the end of the war and in the 1920s commanded the torpedo boat S18 and served as a staff officer. He was promoted to Korvettenkapitän in 1927 and served as an aide to Defence Minister Wilhelm Groener between 1929 and 1932. During the 1930s, Schmundt commanded the light cruisers Königsberg (1934–35) and Nürnberg (1935–36). He became commander of the Naval Academy Mürwik in Flensburg-Mürwik in 1938 and was promoted to rear admiral.
In the Second World War, Schmundt commanded the Bergen warship group during Operation Weserübung, which consisted of the light cruisers Köln (flagship) and Königsberg, the artillery training ship Bremse, torpedo boat tender Carl Peters, torpedo boats Wolf and Leopard, and a group of smaller warships). Subsequently, Schmundt served as the commander of German naval forces in Northern Norway (1941–42) and oversaw Operation Wunderland. He later served as commander of German naval forces in the Baltic (1943–44). He was dismissed in April 1944 and taken prisoner by the British in 1945. He was released in 1947.
Schmundt died at the age of 96 on 17 October 1984.
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