Hoff, Carl

Date of birth:: January 11th, 1915 (Strasbourg (Eifel), Germany)
Date of death:: July 10th, 1951 (Schwelm, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Flottillenchef 1 . Räumbootsflottille
Awarded on:: November 4th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef 1. Räumbootsflottille
Awarded on:: May 6th, 1945

Awarded for the leadership of his flotilla during the last stages of the war. He and his unit especially distinguished themselves during the evacuation of soldiers and refugees from the Courland pocket.

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- DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.

Hoff, Carl

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