Adolf von Trotha
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Adolf von Trotha (1 March 1868, Koblenz, Rhine Province – 11 October 1940) was a German admiral in the Kaiserliche Marine from Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia.
Family
Trotha was the third son of Karl von Trotha (1834–1870), who fell in the Franco-Prussian War, when his son was only two years old.
Trotha married Anna von Veltheim (15 January 1877 - 8 August 1964) on 4 June 1902, the daughter of Fritz von Veltheim and Elizabeth von Krosigk.
Military career/development
Trotha entered the imperial navy in 1886 as an officer candidate and was promoted to Leutnant zur See in 1891. He served as a commander of the torpedo boat D3 and as a Navigations officer on the small cruiser SMS Seeadler. He supported the failed Kapp Putsch.[1]
References
- ↑ Bird, Keith Weimar, the German Naval Officer Corps and the Rise of National Socialism, Grüner, 1977 page 69.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Categories:
- Interlanguage link template link number
- 1868 births
- 1940 deaths
- People from Koblenz
- People from the Rhine Province
- Counter admirals of the Imperial German Navy
- German National People's Party politicians
- Reichswehr personnel
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class
- Knights of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- Recipients of the Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
- Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin), 1st class
- Recipients of the Friedrich-August-Kreuz, 1st class
- Recipients of the Friedrich Order
- Recipients of the Golden Party Badge
- Admirals of the Kriegsmarine
- Vice admirals of the Reichsmarine
- German Navy personnel stubs