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Eberhard Godt (15 August 1900 – 13 September 1995) was a German naval officer who served in both World War I and World War II, eventually rising to command the Kriegsmarine ' s U-boat operations. Biography. This article incorporates information from the equivalent articles on the German Wikipedia.
Sep 13, 1995 · Eberhard Godt (15 August 1900 – 13 September 1995) was a German naval officer who served in both World War I and World War II, eventually rising to command the Kriegsmarine ' s U-boat operations. Biography. This article incorporates information from the equivalent articles on the German Wikipedia.
He retained the title, but was replaced as operational commander at BdU by his chief of staff Eberhard Godt. Godt's successor was Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, who held the position at the end of the war and became commander-in-chief of the German navy when Dönitz became head of Nazi Germany after Hitler's suicide.
Dönitz. Kptlt. Godt's transfer in October 1935 to the newly re-established U-boat force may well have been connected to his former commander's re-assignment. Following a short training period after which he commanded U-23 and U-25, Korvkpt. Godt joined the staff of the FdU in January 1938 as 1.
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Godt trat am 1. Juli 1918 als Seekadett (Crew 1918) in die Kaiserliche Marine ein und absolvierte die Marineschule Mürwik bis zum 6. Oktober 1918. Anschließend kam er an Bord des Linienschiffes Schlesien. Dort diente er über das Ende des Ersten Weltkriegshinaus bis zum 30. November 1918 und wurde dann bis zum 14. Februar 1919 beurlaubt. Er schloss ...
Eisernes Kreuz (1939) I. KlasseDermot Bradley (Hrsg.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Deutschlands Admirale 1849–1945. Die militärischen Werdegänge der See-, Ingenieur-, Sanitäts-, Waffen- und Verwaltungsoffiziere im Admira...
Dieter Hartwig: Großadmiral Karl Dönitz – Legende und Wirklichkeit, Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-77027-1, S. 309Dieter Hartwig: Marinegeschichte auf dem Kieler Nordfriedhof. Ludwig, Kiel 202 (Sonderveröffentlichung der Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte; 97), ISBN 978-3-86935-416-3, S. 115f.a b Rangliste der Deutschen Reichsmarine, Hrsg.: Reichswehrministerium, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1932, S. 50.The last surviving Kriegsmarine Konteradmiral, Eberhard Godt, died at the age of 95 on 13 September 1995. National People's Army
German submarine operations, however, would be run from Germany by the U-Boat operational staff that Rear Admiral Eberhard Godt headed. This staff worked out the following scheme of operations. The big IX-G and IX-D patrollers and the VII-F, X-B, and XIV supply type boats would leave European bases in groups, but proceed independently to the ...
