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    Wilhelm Anton Souchon (German pronunciation: [suˈʃɔŋ]; 2 June 1864 – 13 January 1946) was a German admiral in World War I. Souchon commanded the Kaiserliche...
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  • Hermann Wilhelm Souchon (German pronunciation: [suˈʃɔŋ]; 2 January 1895 – 1982) was a German Naval officer and the suspected assassin, according to the...
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  • Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon (1825–1876) was a German painter. Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon was born in Halberstadt on 17 January 1825, and was of Huguenot...
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    was conceived by Ottoman War Minister Enver Pasha, German Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, and the German foreign ministry. The German government had been hoping...
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  • painter. Hermann Souchon (1894–1982), German Navy officer, Rosa Luxemburg's murderer René Souchon (born 1943), French politician Wilhelm Souchon (1864–1946)...
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    the Revolution, following which the sailors could no longer go back. Wilhelm Souchon, the governor of the naval station, initially asked for outside troops...
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  • Finally, on 29 October, the point of no return was reached when Admiral Wilhelm Souchon took SMS Goeben, SMS Breslau, and a squadron of Ottoman warships into...
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    Andrei Eberhardt struck the Ottoman port of Trebizond. German Admiral Wilhelm Souchon decided to intercept it as it returned to port. At 13:00 the Ottoman...
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    only the Goeben and Breslau, was under the command of Konteradmiral Wilhelm Souchon. In the event of war, the squadron's role was to intercept French transports...
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    reorganized as IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British...
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    the protests. Faced with the rapidly escalating situation, Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, the naval commander in Kiel, released the imprisoned sailors and asked...
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    British mission was Admiral Arthur Limpus since April 1912. Admiral Wilhelm Anton Souchon commanded the Mediterranean squadron of the Kaiserliche Marine (German...
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    warships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau, under the command of German admiral Wilhelm Souchon, to enter the Dardanelles to escape British pursuit; the subsequent...
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    respectively. They began operating out of Constantinople, under Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, engaging Russian forces in the Black Sea.[page needed] On 22 March...
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  • formation was the Mediterranean Division, commanded by Rear-Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. East Asia Squadron (Vice-Admiral Maximilian von Spee) SMS Scharnhorst...
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    Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, who commanded the Black Sea raid on 29 October 1914, and his officers in Ottoman naval uniforms...
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    mission of reorganizing the Ottoman Navy was taken over by Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon of the Imperial German Navy. The Ottoman ships were painted the same...
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    Ottoman cabinet that the German Mediterranean squadron under Admiral Wilhelm Souchon was steaming towards Constantinople, known as the famous pursuit of...
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    Constantinople, trailed by Gloucester. Milne, still expecting Rear-Admiral Wilhelm Souchon to turn west, kept the battlecruisers at Malta until shortly after...
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    and the famed U-boat Captains Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière and Wilhelm Souchon. Related to Ulrich de Maizière were also the last prime minister of...
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    Schöngarth (1903–1946), SS officer and war criminal, executed in Hamelin Wilhelm Souchon (1864–1946), admiral in World War I Karl Rudolf Heydel (1911–1936)...
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    Fakhri Pasha − Commander of the Hejaz Expeditionary Force (1916–1919) Wilhelm Souchon − German Naval Commander in the Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea, notable...
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    SMS Breslau, both under the command of the skilled German Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. Goeben was a modern design, and with her well-drilled crew, could...
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    Kronprinz, Markgraf IV Battle Squadron (IV. Geschwader) (Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon) dreadnought battleships: Friedrich der Grosse (flagship), König Albert...
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    it solidified Russia's naval superiority and deeply troubled Admiral Souchon. Already outnumbered and outclassed in cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo...
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    aground off the mouth of the Sakarya River in poor weather. Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, the German commander of the Ottoman Navy sent two gunboats to recover...
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    assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon recognized the imminent outbreak of war, and so immediately sailed...
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    retained in the area. On 23 October 1913, Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) Wilhelm Souchon assumed command of the squadron. Goeben and Breslau continued their...
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  • 1871) Harry Von Tilzer, American songwriter (b. 1872) January 13 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral (b. 1864) January 14 Theodore M. Stuart, American football...
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    reorganized as the IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British...
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