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词条 Otto Kähler
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  1. Awards

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|death_date={{death date and age|1967|11|2|1894|3|3|df=y}}
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  • {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

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  • {{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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|rank=Konteradmiral
|commands={{plainlist|
  • Gorch Fock
  • {{Ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor}}

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  • World War I
  • World War II


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|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Otto Kähler (3 March 1894 – 2 November 1967) was a German admiral during World War II. He commanded the {{Ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Thor}}, a merchant raider, on two combat patrols and sank or captured 12 ships, for a combined tonnage of {{GRT|96547|disp=long}} of Allied shipping. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Kähler relinquished command of Thor on 20 July 1941 to Günther Gumprich.

He was appointed the commander of the naval forces in Brittany in September 1944. He was captured by US forces soon thereafter. Repatriated February 1947, he died in Kiel on 2 November 1967.[1]

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1 October 1915)[2]
  • U-boat War Badge (1918)[2]
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class[2]
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 22 December 1940 as Kapitän zur See and commander of auxiliary cruiser Thor (HSK 4)[3]
    • 583rd Oak Leaves on 15 September 1944 as Konteradmiral and sea-commander of the fortress Brest[4]

References

Citations
1. ^{{cite book|last1=Neitzel|first1=Sönke|title=Tapping Hitler's Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations 1942–45|date=July 19, 2013|publisher=Frontline Books|location=6335|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
2. ^Dörr 1995, p. 298.
3. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 248.
4. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 88.
Bibliography{{refbegin}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Dörr
|first=Manfred
|year=1995
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2453-2
}}
  • {{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=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
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}{{refend}}{{Subject bar
| portal1=Biography
| portal2=Military of Germany
| portal3=World War I
| portal4=World War II
}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kahler, Otto}}

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