Leopold Siemens
| Leopold Siemens | |
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Vice admiral Siemens in 1942
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| Born |
17 May 1889 Berlin |
| Died | 7 December 1979 (aged 90) Cologne |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
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| Years of service | 1911–45 |
| Rank | Vizeadmiral |
| Commands held | Cruiser Karlsruhe |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
Leopold Siemens (17 May 1889 - 7 December 1979) was a Vice admiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He served as captain of the cruiser Karlsruhe in the mid 1930s and held the short lived position of Deputy fleet commander of the German Navy (2. Admiral der Flotte) in 1941.
Siemens was born 1889 in Berlin and joined the Imperial German Navy in 1911 as a Midshipman. During World War I he held junior officer billets, including a tour onboard the cruiser Victoria Louise. He continued his career after the surrender of Germany, serving in the Reichsmarine, and when the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, and established the Nazi state, Siemens was a lieutenant commander serving as a mid-level staff officer.
On September 23, 1935, as a naval commander, Siemens was given command of the cruiser Karlsruhe. He was promoted to captain the following year and held this command until September of 1937.
Siemens was a senior captain upon the outbreak of World War II and was promoted to flag rank in January 1940. A year later, he was selected to serve under Günther Lütjens as deputy fleet commander of the German Navy. The position did not entail at-sea command, but was an administrative posting overseeing the type commanders within the organization of the Kriegsmarine. After Lütjens was killed onboard the battleship Bismarck, Siemens continued his post briefly under Otto Schniewind before the position was disbanded in June 1941.
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