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    Henning Rudolf Adolf Karl von Holtzendorff (9 January 1853 – 7 June 1919) was a German admiral during World War I, who became famous for his December 1916...
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  • Georg Holtzendorff, 19th-century German painter Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), a German admiral Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff (1829–1889)...
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    connections in Africa; among those he befriended was Leutnant Henning von Holtzendorff, who would later serve as commander of the High Seas Fleet. During...
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    sick leave; he contacted Henning von Holtzendorff, the Chief of the Admiralty Staff, who disagreed with Scheer. Holtzendorff thought that relieving Hipper...
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  • Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929) 4 September 1909 Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) 27 January 1911 Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919) 31 July 1918...
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    replaced in late 1909 by Vice Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff, who served until April 1913. Vice Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, who would command the High...
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    coast, he became commander of the Imperial High Seas Fleet in 1918 Henning von Holtzendorff − Chief of the Admiralty Staff (1915–1918) and a strong advocate...
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    of the German Imperial Admiralty Staff Henning von Holtzendorff and chief of the German General Staff Paul von Hindenburg, advocated in favour of the...
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  • 1939 and thus became the first person to hold that rank since Henning von Holtzendorff. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine (German: War Navy) for the first half...
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  • officer, Henning von Holtzendorff, was designated Grand Admiral. Not even such well-known German commanders as Erich Ludendorff, Erich von Falkenhayn, or Reinhard...
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  • Admiral) – in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Henning von Holtzendorff. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy) for the first half...
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    awarded at least once with crossed marshals' batons, as was awarded to Paul von Hindenburg. The crossed batons were worn above the Maltese cross badge of...
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    under the successive control of Admirals Hugo von Pohl, Gustav Bachmann and Henning von Holtzendorff, the Admiralty Staff closely directed German efforts...
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    other orders, on 18 September the new head of the Admiralty Staff, Henning von Holtzendorff, rendered these arrangements moot by giving an order on his own...
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    Hesse and by Rhine Henning von Holtzendorff Gilbert Hamilton Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler Friedrich von Ingenohl Georg von der Marwitz Philipp, Prince of...
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    II requested the resignation of Capelle, Henning von Holtzendorff, the Admiralty Chief, and Georg Alexander von Müller, the head of the Naval Cabinet. Capelle...
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    1915 the majority of attacks were made on the surface. Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff, chief of the Imperial Admiralty staff, argued successfully in...
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  • what they had found at the German military archives in Freiburg. Reporter Henning Seitz of Die Zeit wrote that the discovery "proves a continuity between...
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    Marshal), 1871 - 1918 Kgl. Sächs. 2. Grenadier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, König von Preußen Nr. 101 (Royal Saxon 2nd Grenadier Regiment) Kgl. Bayerisches Artillerie-Regiment...
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    under prize rules from September 1915 to January 1917. Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), chief of the admiralty staff, argued successfully...
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  • 27 January 1911 – Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) 31 May 1918 – Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919) 1 April 1939 – Erich Raeder (1876–1960) 30 January...
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    Bellevue Conference (September 11, 1917) (category Paul von Hindenburg)
    Richard von Kühlmann. The High Command was represented by Henning von Holtzendorff, then Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and the Dioscuri, Paul von Hindenburg...
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    submarine campaign and Bachmann was removed, to be replaced by Henning von Holtzendorff who was thought to be closer to the Chancellor. Tirpitz offered...
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    Alexander von Falkenhausen, German colonel, for victories in two Jordan battles in March and May 1918 against British troops. Henning von Holtzendorff, German...
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    Gustav Heinrich Ernst Friedrich von Ingenohl (30 June 1857 – 19 December 1933) was a German admiral from Neuwied best known for his command of the German...
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    supporters of an unlimited submarine war. On 22 December 1916, Admiral von Holtzendorff composed a memorandum which became the pivotal document for Germany's...
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    field marshal Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), German admiral Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein (1725–1800), Prussian field marshal Otto von Knobelsdorff...
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    married his widowed maternal first cousin Clema Gerhardt, a niece of Henning von Holtzendorff, who was to become the Chief of the German Naval Staff in the First...
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    minutes. The U.S. demanded it stop, and Germany did so. Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), chief of the admiralty staff, argued successfully...
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    received by the British Royal Navy in Spithead. In late 1909, Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff became the new fleet commander. His tenure as fleet commander was...
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