Jost Brökelmann

Jost Brökelmann
Born	(1907-09-25)25 September 1907 Kiel
Died	3 March 1967(1967-03-03) (aged 59) Freiburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1927–45 1955–64
Rank	Fregattenkapitän (Kriegsmarine) Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
Unit	SSS Niobe Berlin tender Nordsee Meteor
Commands held	2. Räumbootflottille
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Jost Karl Ludwig Brökelmann (25 September 1907 – 3 March 1967) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Kapitän zur See. His last service position was with the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office (1 November 1966 – 3 March 1967).

Awards

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (18 May 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (2 August 1941)^[1]
Minesweeper War Badge (22 December 1940)^[1]
War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd Class (1 September 1944)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille^[2]

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] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

"Jost Brökelmann". Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45 (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Hans John	Commander of the 2nd Räumboots Flotilla June 1941 – December 1942	Succeeded by Korvettenkapitän Georg Pinkepank

Battleships

Bismarck	Ernst Lindemann Adalbert Schneider

Scharnhorst	Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann

Cruisers

Admiral Hipper	Hellmuth Heye Wilhelm Meisel

Admiral Scheer	Theodor Krancke¹ (Oak Leaves)

Prinz Eugen	Hansjürgen Reinicke

¹ Oak Leaves with Navy Group Command West. ² Knight's Cross on Widder (HSK-3), Oak Leaves on Michel (HSK-9).

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