Heinrich Hoffmann (Korvettenkapitän)

Infobox Military Person
name=Heinrich Hoffmann
born=birth date|1910|8|17|df=y
died=dda|1998|1|29|1910|8|17|df=y
placeofbirth=Bottrop
placeofdeath=Schiffdorf


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1930–1945, 1956–1968
rank=Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht)
Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
commands=5. Torpedobootflottille
unit=
battles=World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Cross of Merit 1st Class
laterwork=

Heinrich Hoffmann (17 August 1910 – 29 January 1998) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (18 November 1939)
** 1st Class (6 January 1941)
* German Cross in Gold (6 August 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
** Knight's Cross (7 June 1944)
** 524. Oak Leaves (11 July 1944)
* Cross of Merit 1st Class

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.