Walter Wilhelm Julius Warzecha (23 May 1891 – 3 August 1956) was a German naval commander and high-ranking officer of the Kriegsmarine.
His first post was aboard the heavy cruiser Victoria Louise where he was promoted to Fähnrich zur See in April 1910.
Following the re-militarisation of Germany he returned to active duty within the Marinestation der Nordsee, with the rank of Kapitänleutnant from 1920.
[1] On 1 November 1938 he was promoted to the rank of Konteradmiral and moved to a staff post in Berlin at the Oberkommando der Marine, serving as Chef des Marinewehramtes ("Chief of the Naval Defence Office") until August 1942, gaining promotion to Vizeadmiral on 1 January 1941, and also serving as Chef des Allgemeinen Marinehauptamtes ("Chief of General Navy Headquarters") between November 1939 and April 1944.
[1] Until 1947 Warzecha was held as a prisoner of war, then settled in Hamburg where he worked as an adjuster for the Allianz-Versicherungsgesellschaft insurance company.