MILITARY PERSONNEL

Rolf Carls

1885 - 1945

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Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a high-ranking German admiral and deputy to Kriegsmarine commander-in-chief Erich Raeder during much of World War II. Carls served as Flottenchef (Fleet Commander), the navy's highest ranking administrative officer, and was a member of the Oberkommando der Marine (High Command of the Navy). He was instrumental in planning German naval operations during Operation Weserübung – the invasion of Denmark and Norway. When Raeder resigned as head of the navy in early 1943, he suggested Carls as a candidate to succeed him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rolf Carls has received more than 77,272 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rolf Carls is the 1,300th most popular military personnel (down from 1,210th in 2019), the 3,152nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,086th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Rolf Carls ranks 1,300 out of 2,058. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Oleg Kalugin, Hans Graf von Sponeck, August Kork, Erich Abraham, and Ludwig von Reuter. After him are Alexios Branas, Shigeyoshi Inoue, Friedrich Kirchner, Nam Il, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, and Fayruz al-Daylami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Rolf Carls ranks 117. Before him are Jan Czochralski, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jerome Kern, Henri Laurens, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, and François de La Rocque. After him are Friedrich Kirchner, John Curtin, Liviu Rebreanu, Ethel Muckelt, Edward Lasker, and Abdurauf Fitrat. Among people deceased in 1945, Rolf Carls ranks 206. Before him are Carl Moll, Emily Carr, Karl Decker, Henri Maspero, Roberto Farinacci, and Augustín Malár. After him are Yakov Protazanov, John Curtin, Gustav Fehn, Ludwig Müller, Alfred Delp, and Henrietta Szold.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rolf Carls ranks 3,152 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), Johannes Aventinus (1477), Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (1784), Johann Rosenmüller (1619), Ludwig von Reuter (1869), and Theodor Oberländer (1905). After him are Adam Ries (1492), Hugo Eckener (1868), Karl Lehmann (1936), Tanita Tikaram (1969), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), and Philipp von Boeselager (1917).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Rolf Carls ranks 242. Before him are Max Wünsche (1914), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Adolf Diekmann (1914), Felix von Luckner (1881), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), and Ludwig von Reuter (1869). After him are Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Paul Bader (1883), Gustav Fehn (1892), and Joachim Lemelsen (1888).

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