William Michaelis

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William Otto Ernst Michaelis

Birth name| William Otto Ernst Michaelis
Born| (1871-07-19)19 July 1871
Bischofsburg, East Prussia
Died| 5 January 1948(1948-01-05) (aged 76)
Putbus, Rügen
Allegiance|  German Empire
Weimar Republic
Service/branch|  Imperial German Navy
Reichsmarine
Years of service| 1889–1920
Rank| Vizeadmiral
Commands held| Thüringen
Battles/wars| World War I

William Otto Ernst Michaelis (19 July 1871 - 5 January 1948) was a German viceadmiral and head of the Naval Command within the Ministry of the Reichswehr in the Weimar Republic.

## Biography[edit]

Michaelis was born in Bischofsburg, East Prussia to a civil engineer, he graduated from high school with a first. He entered the Imperial German Navy as a Seeoffizieranwärter in April 1889 and was promoted to Unterleutnant zur See (equivalent to ensign) in 1892. He served at the rank of Unterleutnant zur See from 1900 to 1902 as a deck officer and commander with the 1st Torpedo Boat Division in Kiel. He also attended Kiel's Naval Academy from 1900 to 1902, leading to service with the Reichsmarineamt (RMA) as a head of department and with the Admiralty Staff. He then served as first officer of a capital ship then as staff officer to the admiral of a squadron. From 4 February 1915 through 28 January 1916 he served as chief of staff to the Commander of the High Seas Fleet, Admiral Hugo von Pohl.[1][2]

## Works[edit]

* "Kaiser Wilhelm II. und seine Marine. Kritische Beobachtungen während des Kaisermanövers in der Nordsee Herbst 1912. Aus den Erinnerungen von Vizeadmiral William Michaelis" (Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Navy - critical observations made during the royal manoeuvres in the North Sea in autumn 1912, from the memoirs of vice admiral William Michaelis), reprinted 1976
* "Tirpitz' Wirken vor und während des Ersten Weltkriegs" (The Work of Tirpitz before and after the First World War), paper of 1934

## Sources[edit]

* (in German) Biography in "Die Akten der Reichskanzlei" in the Bundesarchiv
* (in German) Rahn, Werner: "Deutsche Marinen im Wandel. Vom Symbol nationaler Einheit zum Instrument internationaler Sicherheit", 2005, S. 397, S. 420 Anmerkungen ISBN 3-486-57674-7

## References[edit]

1. ^ "High Seas Fleet Battle Squadron Commanders 1914-1918". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
2. ^ "German Navy 1897-1918, Expansion and Organisation". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

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