Adalbert von Blanc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adalbert von Blanc

Officer of the Kriegsmarine and Bundesmarine in World War II

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1907

Place of Birth: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1976

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Adalbert von Blanc

  • Adalbert von Blanc (11 July 1907 – 7 November 1976) was a German naval officer during World War II and later an admiral in the West German Navy.
  • During World War II he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and served as 1st Officer on the auxiliary cruiser Orion.Blanc was born in Wilhelmshaven.
  • He joined Weimar Germany Weimar German Navy in 1926 and was trained on the "Niobe".After World War II Blanc joined the British controlled German Mine Sweeping Administration on 15 August 1945.
  • Blanc held command of the 1.
  • Minenräum-Division (1st mine sweeping division) in Kiel.
  • When the administration was disbanded on 31 December 1947, Blanc transferred to the follow organization called Minenräumverband Cuxhaven and became its chief.On 18 December 1950 the students Georg von Hatzfeld and RenĂ© Ledesdorff from Heidelberg occupied the isle of Helgoland.
  • The two were joined by Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg on 29 December 1950.
  • The number of occupants had grown to 13 when Blanc was ordered by the British authorities to send two boats for the evacuation of Helgoland.
  • Blanc refused to obey the order, even when he came under severe pressure and suspended from his command post.
  • A legal proceeding against Blanc was initiated on 3 January 1951.
  • The British court ruled that the order was not among his contractual obligations and he was re-instituted in his position as chief of the Minenräumverband Cuxhaven.

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