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    The Reichsmarine (lit. 'Reich Navy') was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany. It was the naval branch...
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    Panzerschiffe (armored ships), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles...
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    The Imperial Naval Office (German: Reichsmarineamt) was a government agency of the German Empire. It was established in April 1889, when the German Imperial...
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    Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three...
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  • architecture prior to joining the Reichsmarine (German navy) in 1931. In 1934, Hitler chose Krause from a line-up of Reichsmarine sailors to be his personal...
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  • Imperial German Navy, as well as through the inter-war years of the Reichsmarine. Flag officers of the Kriegsmarine were the leadership of the Germany...
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  • Hoyer, K; Brennecke, F (1925). Die Uniformen des Reichsheeres und der Reichsmarine nebst amtlichen Uniformtafeln; mit Genehmigung des Reichswehrministeriums...
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  • sometimes shortened to z.S. (Oblt.z.S.). The rank has since been used by the Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, and Bundesmarine. In the Volksmarine, the rank was originally...
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    German defeat in World War I, the German navy was reorganized as the Reichsmarine according to the Treaty of Versailles. The new navy was permitted to...
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  • subject to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. For the new Reichsmarine, this meant it was limited to six pre-dreadnought battleships, six old...
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  • Professor Dr. Moltmann and received his PhD in 1974 with a thesis entitled Reichsmarine und Landesverteidigung, 1919-1928. He served as lecturer in military...
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    Constitution. The Reichswehr was divided into the Reichsheer (army) and the Reichsmarine (navy). The Reichsheer consisted of seven infantry and three cavalry...
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    Navy are not included. In the period between the two World Wars the Reichsmarine of the Weimar Republic was not allowed to build submarines according...
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    Federal Navy, 1867–71 Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), 1871–1919 Reichsmarine, 1919–35 Kriegsmarine, 1935–45 German Mine Sweeping Administration, 1945–48...
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    introduced on German Army versions in 1928, and was soon adopted by the Reichsmarine (German Navy). The plugboard contributed more cryptographic strength...
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    1934. Originally classified as an armored ship (Panzerschiff) by the Reichsmarine, in February 1940 the Germans reclassified the remaining two ships of...
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    programs were exposed in the Lohmann Affair and as a result the Head of the Reichsmarine Hans Zenker had to resign. His successor Erich Raeder continued the policy...
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    Otto Kretschmer (category Reichsmarine personnel)
    travelled through France, Switzerland and Italy. Kretschmer entered the Reichsmarine (Weimar Navy) on 1 April 1930 as See Offizier Anwärter (naval officer...
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    D-class cruiser (Germany) (category Cruisers of the Reichsmarine)
    heavy cruisers, classified as panzerschiffe ("armored ships") by the Reichsmarine (Navy of the Realm). The ships were improved versions of the preceding...
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  • Hoyer, K; Brennecke, F (1925). Die Uniformen des Reichsheeres und der Reichsmarine nebst amtlichen Uniformtafeln; mit Genehmigung des Reichswehrministeriums...
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  • German Navy  Reichsmarine Luftwaffe Years of service 1919–45 Rank Fähnrich zur See (Kaiserliche Marine) Oberleutnant zur See (Reichsmarine) Oberster SA-Führer...
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    It was founded by German settler Alfred Matthes following a visit by Reichsmarine cruiser Karlsruhe to the territory, which led a surge in German nationalism...
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    The German navies—specifically the Kaiserliche Marine, Reichsmarine, and Kriegsmarine—built a series of light cruisers between the 1890s and 1940s. The...
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    Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel in February...
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  • 1935 to 1945. Most flag officers had also served as officers of the Reichsmarine, as well as the Imperial German Navy during World War I. German naval...
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    crisis for the Heydrich family. In 1922, Heydrich joined the German Navy (Reichsmarine), taking advantage of the security, structure, and pension it offered...
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    Ernst Lindemann (category Reichsmarine personnel)
    downsized to 15,000 men, including 1,500 officers, while being renamed the Reichsmarine in the era of the Weimar Republic. As Lindemann had finished fifth in...
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    of Versailles disallowed submarines, while limiting the size of the Reichsmarine to six battleships, six cruisers, and twelve destroyers. Following the...
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    traditions Prussian Navy North German Federal Navy Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine Volksmarine Awards, decorations, and badges Badge of Honour...
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    in his service; in the Reichsheer - Generalfeldmarschall, and in the Reichsmarine - Grossadmiral. After Chancellor Adolf Hitler assumed power as Führer...
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