Rolf Johannesson Explained

Rolf Johannesson
Birth Date:	22 July 1900
Death Place:	Hamburg-->
Allegiance:
Branch:	Kriegsmarine German Navy
Commands:	Z15 Erich Steinbrinck ZG3 Hermes
Battles:	Battle of the Mediterranean
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rolf Johannesson (22 July 1900 – 6 December 1989) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He joined the post-war Bundesmarine in 1957 and retired in 1961 as a Konteradmiral.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (19 July 1919)^[1]
• Destroyer War Badge (1940)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939) 1st (6 November 1939) & 1st Class (15 December 1939)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 12 February 1942 as Fregattenkapitän on Z15 "Erich Steinbrinck"^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 December 1942 as Kapitän zur See and commander of destroyer Hermes ^[3]
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (12 June 1961)^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Dörr , Manfred . 1995 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio Verlag . 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.

Notes and References

1. Dörr 1995, p. 285.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 211.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 201.