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Otto Schultze (11 May 1884 – 22 January 1966) was a Generaladmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Pour le Mérite during World War I. The Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I. As a U-boat commander during World War I, he was credited with the sinking of 53 merchant ships for a total of 132,567 gross register tons, and HMS Falmouth of 5,275 long tons (5,360 t) displacement.World War II
On 1 January 1939, Schultze was recalled to active service and placed to the disposal of the Kriegsmarine. Following a few months without command, he was appointed Commanding admiral of the North Sea Naval Station, which he had commanded in 1935–1937. While in this capacity, with headquarters in Wilhelmshaven, Schultze was responsible for the area stretched from the North Sea to the West Coast and to Denmark and it also controlled the Schelde Delta.
Schultze remained in this command until 28 November 1939, when he was relieved by Admiral Hermann Densch and placed to the Führerreserve. He remained without command again until 2 March 1941, when he was ordered to Paris for duty as Commanding Admiral of France. Schultze remained in that capacity until the end of August 1942 and received German Cross in Silver on 31 August 1942. He was promoted to the rank of Generaladmiral (equivalent of U.S. four star Admiral) and placed to the disposal of the Kriegsmarine. Schultze retired on 30 September 1942.
Generaladmiral Otto Schultze died on 22 January 1966, aged 81, in Hamburg. His son, Heinz-Otto Schultze also served in the Kriegsmarine and received Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-432. He was killed in action on 25 November 1943 in the South Atlantic.
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