Rolf Carls

Infobox Military Person
name=Rolf Carls
born=birth date|1885|5|29|df=y
died=dda|1945|4|15|1885|5|29|df=y
placeofbirth=Rostock
placeofdeath=Bad Oldesloe


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1919)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1903-1943
rank=Generaladmiral
commands=SMS "Hessen"
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Rolf Carls (29 May 1885 – 15 April 1945) was a Generaladmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
* Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* German Cross in Gold (28 February 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (14 June 1940)
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 10 April 1940

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.