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    Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Scheer joined the navy...
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    Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer, German commander in the Battle of Jutland. She was laid down at the...
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    British battlecruisers. In 1918 he was promoted to succeed Admiral Reinhard Scheer as commander of the High Seas Fleet. After the end of the war in 1918...
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  • Reinhard Scheer (1863–1928), German admiral Reinhard Selten (1930–2016), German economist Reinhard Strohm (born 1942), German musicologist Reinhard Stupperich...
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    and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during World War I. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and...
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    inconclusive, but the British won strategically, as it convinced Admiral Reinhard Scheer, the German fleet commander, that even a highly favorable outcome to...
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    she was christened by Marianne Besserer, the daughter of Admiral Reinhard Scheer, after whom the ship was named. She was completed slightly over a year...
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  • Luxembourgian cyclist Regina Scheer (born 1950), German writer and historian Reinhard Scheer (1863–1928), German admiral Richard Scheer (born 1974), Franco-Seychellois...
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    Seriously ill from liver cancer by January 1916, Pohl was replaced by Reinhard Scheer that month. Pohl died a month later. Hugo von Pohl was born in Breslau...
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  • Jutland, fought later that year, were incorporated into the design. Reinhard Scheer, the commander of the fleet, wanted larger main guns and a higher top...
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    Heeresleitung (Supreme Army Command) in August 1918 and replaced by Admiral Reinhard Scheer. He was the husband of Margarethe Zitelmann and adoptive father to...
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    authors. The Admiralty Staff would eventually be reorganized under Reinhard Scheer with the creation of a single supreme naval command in August 1918...
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    The Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer and the British Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe engaged...
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    mainly in Berlin. In 1916, he served as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Reinhard Scheer aboard the German flagship SMS Friedrich der Grosse during the Battle...
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  • SKL was established on August 27, 1918, on the initiative of Admiral Reinhard Scheer, who became its first commander, simultaneously to being the Chief...
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    Imperial Naval Command in Kiel under Admiral Franz von Hipper and Admiral Reinhard Scheer planned without authorization to dispatch the Imperial Fleet for a...
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    to 1 June 1916) yet the commander of the High Seas Fleet, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, felt it important that another raid should be mounted as quickly as...
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    cessation of Germany's submarine war. Despite the objections of Admiral Scheer, the Chief of the German Admiralty Staff, the government made the concession...
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    Martin, footballer Erkan Martin, footballer Reinhard Pöllath, lawyer Karl Ritter, Nazi politician Reinhard Scheer, admiral Volleyballgemeinschaft Fichtelgebirge...
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  • well-known German commanders as Erich Ludendorff, Erich von Falkenhayn, or Reinhard Scheer received marshal's batons or Grand Admiral rank. Before the Second...
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    battlecruisers. Throughout the next day, Jellicoe and Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, commander of the High Seas Fleet, received conflicting intelligence;...
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    commander Peter Strasser in July 1918, but it was vetoed by Admiral Reinhard Scheer. Incendiary bombs were used extensively in World War II as an effective...
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    (Vice Admiral) Günther von Krosigk and Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) Reinhard Scheer—and the Weapons Department head, Vizeadmiral Gerhard Gerdes, had to...
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    naval forces between the two seas. Konteradmiral (KAdm—Rear Admiral) Reinhard Scheer served as the commander of the squadron from January 1913 to 26 December...
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    refused to abdicate. A week later, Admiral Franz von Hipper and Admiral Reinhard Scheer without authorization made plans to dispatch the Imperial Fleet on...
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    Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Erich Ludendorff August von Mackensen Mehmed V Reinhard Scheer Eugen Ritter von Schobert Hans von Seeckt Hans Ritter von Seißer Wilhelm...
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    Alfred von Tirpitz, German Grand Admiral, decorated in August 1915. Reinhard Scheer, German admiral and commander of German naval forces in the Battle...
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    Germany. Commander-in-Chief (Chef der Hochseeflotte): Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer in SMS Friedrich der Grosse Chief of Staff: KptzS Adolf von Trotha...
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    the final days of the war, but a revolt in the fleet forced Admirals Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper to cancel the operation. The ship was interned...
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    briefly served as the fleet flagship, from 7 to 16 August. Admiral Reinhard Scheer planned a fleet advance for 18–19 August 1916; the operation consisted...
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