Karl Bergelt

Karl Bergelt
Born	(1902-04-27)27 April 1902 Grumbach
Died	1 September 1966(1966-09-01) (aged 64) Gütersloh
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Commands held	1. Minensuchflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Friedrich Anton Bergelt (27 April 1902 – 1 September 1966) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (28 September 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (26 June 1941)^[1]
German Cross on 26 February 1942 as Korvettenkapitän in the 1. Minensuchflottille^[2]
Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 August 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 1. Minensuchflottille^[3]^[4]

References

Citations

1 2 3 Dörr 1995, p. 27.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 36.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 129.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 215.

Bibliography

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.
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] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
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.

External links

"Karl Bergelt". Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45 (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by —	Commander of the 1st Räumboots Flotilla October 1937 – October 1939	Succeeded by Korvettenkapitän Walter Berger
Preceded by Korvettenkapitän Karl Neitzel	Commander of the 1st Minesweeper Flotilla March 1941 – March 1943	Succeeded by Korvettenkapitän Claus Henning von Grumbkow

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