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    SMS Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ) was the last of the five pre-dreadnought Deutschland-class battleships built by the German Kaiserliche...
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  • naval ships of Germany were named Schleswig-Holstein after the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein: SMS Schleswig-Holstein (battleship): 13,000-ton Deutschland-class...
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  • SMS Schleswig-Holstein in preparation for the German invasion of Poland. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, MSK disembarked Schleswig-Holstein in...
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    Schleswig-Holstein is a Brandenburg-class frigate of the German Navy. Schleswig-Holstein and the three other frigates of the Brandenburg class were designed...
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    SMS Hannover (1907–1944) SMS Schlesien (1908–1945) SMS Schleswig-Holstein (1908–1944) Braunschweig-class battleships SMS Braunschweig (1904–1932) SMS Elsass...
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    zur See) and was assigned as a signals officer on the battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein, the flagship of Germany's North Sea Fleet. With the promotion came...
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    bridge ca. 1900 Armoured cruiser SMS Fürst Bismarck, 1909 Light cruiser SMS Dresden, ca. 1912 Battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein, 1932 Components of the ″Alte...
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    Holding the same rank and position, Lindemann then transferred to the Schleswig-Holstein. On 30 January 1933, the Nazi Party, under the leadership of Adolf...
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    Tadeusz Ziółkowski [pl], who refused to allow the German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein to enter the port in the prior days, was also arrested, and then...
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    throughout August 1939. On 1 September, the German pre-dreadnought SMS Schleswig-Holstein began shelling the Polish garrison at Westerplatte. Shortly thereafter...
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    German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein firing at the Polish Military Transit Depot during the battle of Westerplatte, 1939...
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    bombardment of Polish positions at Westerplatte by the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, and the landing of German infantry on the peninsula. Outnumbered...
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    Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein were both sunk during World War II but later raised. Schlesien was broken up in 1949–1970, while Schleswig-Holstein was transferred...
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    Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. Prince Adalbert was born on 14 July 1884 as the third son of the...
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    Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels SMS Hannover (flagship): KptzS Wilhlem Heine SMS Schlesien: KptzS Friedrich Behncke SMS Schleswig-Holstein: KptzS Eduard Varrentrapp...
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    historically significant items displayed is the ship's bell from SMS Schleswig-Holstein, a pre-dreadnought battleship that fired what are generally regarded...
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    Lütjens suggested the inclusion of the old battleships SMS Schlesien and SMS Schleswig-Holstein which were used for training. They were considered too...
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    is often described as having begun at 04:45 with the salvos of SMS Schleswig-Holstein on Polish coastal fortifications, is commonly described as the first...
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    battleships in the future. The German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II with the bombardment of the...
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  • SMS D8 (Leader) SMS T25 SMS T29 SMS T31 SMS T33 SMS T34 SMS T35 SMS T36 SMS T37 SMS T40 SMS T41 SMS T71 SMS T72 SMS T73 Minelayers SMS Nautilus SMS Albatross...
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  • Oldenburg in Holstein, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Oldenburg-Land, an association of municipalities near Oldenburg in Holstein Oldenburg, Indiana...
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    reference to the early battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein, which had been dedicated to Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, as...
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    ships that were part of the group were the SMS Seydlitz, SMS Lützow, SMS Derfflinger, SMS Moltke and the SMS Von der Tann. Boedicker was then a Konteradmiral...
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  • the same role from February 1, 1926, to September 30, 1927, on the Schleswig-Holstein, where he was promoted to Fregattenkapitän on April 1, 1927. He then...
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    6.00 AM and started the German invasion of Poland. 4:44 AM: The SMS Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on a garrison in Westerplatte, the first cannon shots...
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    comprised Deutschland, the lead ship, Hannover, Pommern, Schlesien, and Schleswig-Holstein. The ships closely resembled those of the preceding Braunschweig class...
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    SMS Gefion was a sailing frigate, originally serving the Danish Navy. In 1849, during the First Schleswig War, she fell into the hands of Schleswig-Holstein...
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  • 1931 before being assigned as a radio officer to the battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein. Stummel held that position until September 1933, when he ordered...
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    credited to her: three on Seydlitz and one on the pre-dreadnought SMS Schleswig-Holstein. This gave a hit rate of less than one per cent. Other than the...
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