Theodor Krancke
Theodor Krancke (30 March 1893 – 18 June 1973) was a naval commander (admiral) of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.Under the command of Krancke, during the five-month-long raiding cruise, the pocket battleship ''Admiral Scheer'' sank 13 merchant ships, one armed merchant cruiser , and captured three merchant ships representing of Allied and neutral shipping.
During the Allied Invasion of Normandy Krancke, as Commander-in-Chief of Navy Group Command West headquartered in Paris, controlled all German naval vessels in France, as well as the various land-based naval units and the naval coastal artillery and anti-aircraft batteries along the French Atlantic coast. Provided by Wikipedia