Konteradmiral Wilhelm Busse Born: 20 Mar 1878 in Berlin Died: 09 Dec 1965 in Kiel Promotions:
Seekadett (03 May 1897); F�hnrich zur See (01 Jan 1899); Leutnant zur See (30 Sep 1899); Oberleutnant zur See (14 Dec 1901); Kapit�nleutnant (30 Mar 1906); Korvettenkapit�n (22 Mar 1913); Charakter als Fregattenkapit�n (21 Jan 1920); Fregattenkapit�n (04 Feb 1920); Kapit�n zur See (08 Mar 1920); Charakter ald Konteradmiral (01 Jun 1940); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Kadett and Attended Basic-Training, and On Board the School-Ship �Stein� (07 Apr 1896-27 Apr 1897)
On Board the School-Ship �Nixe� (28 Apr 1897-11 Apr 1898)
Attended Special-Briefings (12 Apr 1898-20 Sep 1898)
Attended Naval-School (21 Sep 1898-01 Oct 1899)
On Board the Liner �Sachsen� (02 Oct 1899-30 Sep 1900)
Detached for Service to the Reichsmarineamts (01 Oct 1900-31 Mar 1901)
Watch-Officer with the Test-Command for Small Cruisers (01 Apr 1901-27 Sep 1901)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Ariadne� (18 May 1901-26 Jul 1901)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Medusa� (26 Jul 1901-11 Sep 1901)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Thetis� (14 Sep 1901-27 Sep 1901)
Watch-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship �Aegir� (28 Sep 1901-30 Jun 1902)
Watch-Officer on the Coastal-Armoured-Ship �Heimdall� (15 Jul 1902-29 Sep 1902)
Detached to the Nautical Department of the Reichsmarineamt (30 Sep 1902-22 Nov 1902)
Departed to Australia (23 Nov 1902-07 Feb 1903)
Watch-Officer on the Survey-Ship �M�we� (08 Feb 1903-05 Jan 1904)
Returned home from Hong Kong (06 Jan 1904-05 May 1904)
Watch and Artillery Officer on the School-Ship �Stosch� (06 May 1904-27 Mar 1905)
Company-Officer in the I. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (28 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1906)
Company-Officer with the I. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1906-14 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 96� (16 Oct 1906-15 Dec 1906)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 96� (17 Feb 1907-02 Apr 1907)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 96� (02 Nov 1907-30 Nov 1907)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �G 134� (10 Apr 1908-06 Jun 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �G 134� (25 Aug 1908-14 Sep 1908)
Adjutant of the Director of the Naval-Academy (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 68� (01 Feb 1909-10 Feb 1909)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat �S 68� (16 Aug 1909-06 Sep 1909)
Courses at the Naval Academy (01 Oct 1909-30 Jun 1910)
Company-Leader and in the I. Torpedo-Division and Commandant of the VI. Torpedo-Boat-Reserve-Division (06 Aug 1910-26 Sep 1913)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (04 Jan 1911-13 Sep 1911)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (06 Nov 1911-30 Nov 1911)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (14 Mar 1912-07 Jun 1912)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (29 Aug 1912-22 Sep 1912)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (25 Nov 1912-05 Dec 1912)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (07 Mar 1913-19 Mar 1913)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (18 May 1913-30 May 1913)
At the same time, Chief of the 6th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Aug 1913-13 Sep 1913)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Mediterranean-Division (03 Oct 1913-04 Nov 1914)
Chief Of Staff of the Mediterranean-Division, and also German Chief Of Staff of the Ottoman Fleet (Turkey) (05 Nov 1914-06 Nov 1915)
At the same time, Chief of the Admiral Staff of the Ottoman Navy (01 Apr 1915-03 Jun 1917)
Plenipotentiary Admiral Staff Officer with the IV and VI Turkish Armies, Leader of the German Iraq-Detachments and Chief of the River-Flotillas Euphrates and Tigris (07 Nov 1915-05 Oct 1916)
Plenipotentiary Admiral Staff Officer with Army-High-Command Von Makensen and Leader of the Bulgarian Sea-Forces (15 Nov 1916-24 May 1917)
Department-Head in the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (25 May 1917-05 Nov 1918)
Member of the German Disarmament-Commission (06 Nov 1918-06 Mar 1919)
Member of the Naval-Peace-Commission (07 Mar 1919-29 Aug 1920)
Retired (29 Aug 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Detached to the Naval-Defence-Office, OKM (19 Jul 1939-08 May 1945)
At the same time, Director of the Reichs Union Of German Seamen (12 Oct 1940-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-18 Apr 1947)
Released (18 Apr 1947)
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