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Alfred von Tirpitz

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Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German Grand Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. [1]

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Admiral (Germany)

Admiral, short Adm, (en: Admiral) is the most senior flag officer rank in the German Navy.

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous and perhaps the most influential American author of the nineteenth century.

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American entry into World War I

The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States out of the war.

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Andreas Hillgruber

Andreas Fritz Hillgruber (18 January 1925 – 8 May 1989) was a conservative German historian.

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Anglo-German naval arms race

The arms race between the United Kingdom and the German Empire that occurred from the last decade of the nineteenth century until the advent of World War I in 1914 was one of the intertwined causes of that conflict.

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Anton Haus

Anton Haus (13 June 1851 – 8 February 1917) was an Austrian naval officer.

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August von Heeringen

August von Heeringen (26 November 1855 – 29 September 1927) was a Prussian admiral of the German Empire.

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B 97-class destroyer

The B 97 class was a class of eight destroyers built for and operated by the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during the First World War.

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Bandwagoning

Bandwagoning in international relations occurs when a state aligns with a stronger, adversarial power and concedes that the stronger adversary-turned-partner disproportionately gains in the spoils they conquer together.

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Battle of Coronel

The Battle of Coronel was a First World War Imperial German Naval victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel.

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Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

The First Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between the United Kingdom and Germany.

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Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War.

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Bayern-class battleship

The Bayern class was a class of four super-dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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Bendlerblock

The Bendlerblock is a building complex in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, Germany, located on Stauffenbergstraße (formerly named Bendlerstraße).

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Bernhard von Bülow

Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow (3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929), created Prince von Bülow in 1905, was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.

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Bicorne

The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered/horned or twihorn) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American military and naval officers.

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Bismarck-class battleship

The Bismarck class was a pair of battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

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Blitz-class aviso

The Blitz class was a pair of avisos built by the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1880s.

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Brandenburg-class battleship

The four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships.

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Carter Glass

Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia.

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Causes of World War I

The causes of World War I remain controversial.

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Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Fürst von Ratibor und Corvey) (31 March 18196 July 1901), usually referred to as the Prince of Hohenlohe, was a German statesman, who served as Chancellor of Germany and Prime Minister of Prussia from 1894 to 1900.

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Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War

Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, is a book by Patrick J. Buchanan, published in May 2008.

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Derfflinger-class battlecruiser

The Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers (Schlachtkreuzer) of the Imperial German Navy.

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Deutschland-class battleship

The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine.

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Dreadnought (book)

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War (1991) is a book by Robert K. Massie on the growing European tension in decades before World War I, especially the naval arms race between Britain and Germany.

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Early timeline of Nazism

The early timeline of Nazism begins with its origins and continues until Hitler's rise to power.

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East Asia Squadron

The German East Asia Squadron (Ger Kreuzergeschwader or Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s and 1914.

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Eduard von Capelle

Admiral Eduard von Capelle (10 October 1855 – 23 February 1931) was a German Imperial Navy officer from Celle.

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Edwardian era

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history covers the brief reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended in both directions to capture long-term trends from the 1890s to the First World War.

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Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, the victor of the Battle of Liège and the Battle of Tannenberg.

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Erich Raeder

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German grand admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II.

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Erich Raeder during World War II

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany who played a major role in the Naval history of World War II.

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Erich Raeder pre Grand Admiral

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II.

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Erich Raeder resignation and later

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II.

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First Marx cabinet

The First Marx cabinet (German: Erstes Kabinett Marx) was the tenth democratically elected Reichsregierung of the German Reich, during the period in which it is now usually referred to as the Weimar Republic.

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First Ostend Raid

The First Ostend Raid (part of Operation ZO) was the first of two attacks by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the First World War.

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Fleet review (Commonwealth realms)

A fleet review is a traditional gathering of ships from a particular navy to be observed by the reigning monarch or his or her representative, a practice allegedly dating back to the 15th century.

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Friedrich von Hollmann

Friedrich von Hollmann (19 January 1842 – 21 January 1913) was an Admiral of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) and Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office under Emperor Wilhelm II.

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Friedrich von Holstein

Friedrich August Karl Ferdinand Julius von Holstein (April 24, 1837 – May 8, 1909) Brockhaus Geschichte Second Edition was a civil servant of the German Empire and served as the head of the political department of the German Foreign Office for more than thirty years.

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German aircraft carrier I (1915)

The aircraft carrier I"I" was the provisional name for the ship under which she was ordered; had she been completed she would have been assigned an actual name.

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German battleship Tirpitz

Tirpitz was the second of two s built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) during World War II.

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German Fatherland Party

The German Fatherland Party (Deutsche Vaterlandspartei) was a short-lived far-right party in the German Empire, active during the last phase of World War I. It played a vital role in the emergence of the stab-in-the-back myth and the defamation of certain politicians as the "November Criminals".

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German Imperial Admiralty Staff

The German Imperial Admiralty Staff (Admiralstab) was one of four command agencies for the administration of the Imperial German Navy from 1899 to 1918.

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German Imperial Naval High Command

The German Imperial Naval High Command was an office of the German Empire which existed from 1 April 1889 until 14 March 1899 to command the German Imperial Navy.

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German Imperial Naval Office

The Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarineamt) was a government agency of the German Empire.

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German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912

The German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912 was an informal conference of some of the highest military leaders of the German Empire.

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German National People's Party

The German National People's Party (DNVP) was a national conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic.

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German Naval Intelligence Service

The German Naval Intelligence Service (German: Marinenachrichtendienst) (MND) was the naval intelligence department of the Germany Navy and had a long history, going back to the naval aspirations of German Emperor, Wilhelm II in 1899.

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German Naval Laws

The Naval Laws (Flottengesetze, "Fleet Laws") were five separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1912.

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German ocean-going torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I

The German large, or ocean-going, torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I were built by the Imperial German Navy between 1899 and 1918 as part of its quest for a “High Seas” or ocean-going fleet.

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German strategic bombing during World War I

The best-known German strategic bombing campaign during World War I was the campaign against England, although strategic bombing raids were carried out or attempted on other fronts.

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Grand admiral

Grand admiral is a historic naval rank, the highest rank in the several European navies that used it.

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Gustav von Senden-Bibran

Gustav Freiherr (Baron) von Senden-Bibran (23 July 1847, Reisicht, Lower Silesia, Germany – 23 November 1909 in Berlin) was an admiral of the German Imperial Navy.

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Hans von Koester

Hans Ludwig Raimund von Koester (29 April 1844 – 21 February 1928) was a German naval officer who served in the Prussian Navy and later in the Imperial German Navy.

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Hans-Ulrich Wehler

Hans-Ulrich Wehler (September 11, 1931 – July 5, 2014) was a German historian known for his role in promoting social history through the "Bielefeld School", and for his critical studies of 19th-century Germany.

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Harro Schulze-Boysen

Heinz Harro Max Wilhelm Georg Schulze-Boysen (2 September 1909 – 22 December 1942) was a German soldier who would become a leading figure in the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) group in the German resistance to Nazism during World War II.

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Heinrich Claß

Heinrich Claß (February 29, 1868, Alzey – April 16, 1953, Jena) was a German right-wing politician and president of the Pan-German League from 1908 to 1939.

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Helgoland-class battleship

The Helgoland class was the second class of German dreadnought battleships.

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High Seas Fleet

The High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War.

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Historiography of the causes of World War I

Historians writing about the origins of World War I have differed over the relative emphasis they place upon the factors involved.

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History of German foreign policy

The History of German foreign policy covers diplomatic developments and international history since 1871.

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History of Germany

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul (France), which he had conquered.

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History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom

The history of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom covers British foreign policy from about 1500 to 2000.

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HMS King George V (1911)

HMS King George V was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s.

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HMS Liverpool (1909)

HMS Liverpool was a 4,800 ton light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909.

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HMS Thetis (1846)

HMS Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis

The House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig) or proper German Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: Oldenburgische Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig) was a civil and military order of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, a member state of the German Empire.

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Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Houston Stewart Chamberlain (9 September 1855 – 9 January 1927) was a British-born German philosopher who wrote works about political philosophy and natural science; he is described by Michael D. Biddiss, a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, as a "racialist writer".

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Hugo von Pohl

Hugo von Pohl (25 August 1855 – 23 February 1916) was a German admiral who served during the First World War.

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Hugo W. Koehler

Hugo William Koehler (July 19, 1886 – June 17, 1941) (pronounced KAY-ler) was a United States Navy commander, secret agent and socialite.

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II Battle Squadron

The II Battle Squadron was a unit of the German High Seas Fleet before and during World War I. The squadron saw action throughout the war, including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, where it formed the rear of the German line.

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Imperial German Navy

The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire.

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Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom

Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom were first conceived in 1897 by Admiral Eduard von Knorr, commander of the Imperial German Navy, against a background of increasing Anglo-German rivalry and German naval expansion.

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Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States

Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States were ordered by Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II from 1897 to 1903.

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International relations of the Great Powers (1814–1919)

This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the major powers from 1814 to 1919, particularly the "Big Four".

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Interwar naval service of Erich Raeder

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II.

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James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

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January 1900

The following events occurred in January 1900.

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Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then, after opposing home rule for Ireland, a Liberal Unionist, and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives.

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July Crisis

The July Crisis was a series of interrelated diplomatic and military escalations among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914 that was the penultimate cause of World War I. The crisis began on June 28, 1914, when Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian and Yugoslavic partisan, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

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Junker (Prussia)

The Junkers were members of the landed nobility in Prussia.

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Karl Boy-Ed

Karl Boy-Ed (September 14, 1872 – September 14, 1930) was the naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington during World War I.

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Karl von Müller

Karl Friedrich Max von Müller (June 16, 1873 – March 11, 1923) was captain of a famous German commerce raider, the light cruiser SMS ''Emden'' during the First World War.

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König-class battleship

The König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I. The class was composed of,,, and.

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Kiautschou Bay concession

The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China which existed from 1898 to 1914.

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Kostrzyn nad Odrą

Kostrzyn nad Odrą (Küstrin) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, close to the border with Germany.

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L 20e α-class battleship

L20e α was a design plan for a class of battleships to be built in 1918 for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. Design work on the class of battleship to succeed the s began in 1914 but the outbreak of World War I in July 1914 led to these plans being shelved.

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Leaders of the Central Powers of World War I

The leaders of the Central Powers of World War I were the political or military figures who commanded or supported the Central Powers during World War I.

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Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship.

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List of battlecruisers of Germany

The Kaiserliche Marine, the navy of the German Empire, built a series of battlecruisers in the first half of the 20th century.

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List of battleships of Germany

The German navies—specifically the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine of Imperial and Nazi Germany, respectively—built a series of battleships between the 1890s and 1940s.

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List of coastal defense ships of Germany

In the 1880s, Germany built a series of coastal defense ships to protect its coastline on the North and Baltic Seas.

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List of covers of Time magazine (1920s)

This is a list of people appearing on the cover of ''Time'' magazine in the 1920s.

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List of fleet and grand admirals

The following list of fleet and grand admirals is a summary of those individuals who have held the rank of fleet admiral, or its equivalent, as the senior officers of their countries' navies.

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List of Freemasons (E–Z)

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List of German National People's Party politicians

A list of notable politicians of the defunct German National People's Party.

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List of German naval ministers

This page lists German naval ministers.

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List of honorary British knights and dames

This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights or Dames by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry pre-nominal styles.

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List of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Edward VII

The Royal Victorian Order is an order of knighthood awarded by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth realms.

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List of members of German student corps

List of notable or known members of German Student Corps.

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List of protected cruisers of Germany

The German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) built a series of protected cruisers in the 1880s and 1890s, starting with the two ships of the.

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List of rose cultivars named after people

Among the individuals or fictional characters who have had rose cultivars named after them are the following.

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List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients

The list contains recipients of the Pour le Mérite military class.

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LZ 18 (L 2)

LZ 18 (Navy designation L 2) was the second Zeppelin airship to be bought by the Imperial German Navy.

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Mackensen-class battlecruiser

The Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. The design initially called for seven ships, but three of them were redesigned as the.

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March 19

No description.

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March 1930

The following events occurred in March 1930.

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Marie Goslich

Marie Eva Elwine Goslich (24 February 1859 in Frankfurt (Oder) – 1936) was a German journalist, photographer and magazine editor.

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Maritime history

Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea.

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Max Reichpietsch

Max Reichpietsch (24 October 1894 – 5 September 1917) was a German sailor executed in 1917 for socialist agitation in the Imperial German Navy.

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Moltke-class battlecruiser

The Moltke class was a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy built between 1909–1911.

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Munich Waldfriedhof

The Munich Waldfriedhof is one of 29 cemeteries of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.

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My Four Years in Germany

My Four Years in Germany is a 1918 American silent war drama film that is notable as being the first film produced by the four Warner Brothers, Harry, Sam, Albert, and Jack.

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Nachrichten-Abteilung

The Nachrichten-Abteilung, also known as N, was the naval intelligence department of the German Imperial Admiralty Staff or Admiralstab between 1901–1919.

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Nail Men

Nail Men or Men of Nails (Nagelmänner) were a form of propaganda and fundraising for members of the armed forces and their dependents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire in World War I. They consisted of wooden statues (usually of knights in armour) into which nails were driven, either iron (black), or coloured silver or gold, in exchange for donations of different amounts.

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Nassau-class battleship

The Nassau class were a group of four German dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Navy.

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National Liberal Party (Germany)

The National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei, NLP) was a liberal political party of the North German Confederation and the German Empire, which flourished between 1867 and 1918.

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Naval warfare of World War I

Naval Warfare in World War I was mainly characterized by the efforts of the Allied Powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, to blockade the Central Powers by sea, and the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade or to establish an effective blockade of the United Kingdom and France with submarines and raiders.

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Navy League (Germany)

The Navy League or Fleet Association (Deutscher Flottenverein) in Imperial Germany was an interest group formed on April 30, 1898 on initiative of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz through the German Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarineamt) which he headed (1897–1916) to support the expansion of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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Nazism and the Wehrmacht

The relationship between the Wehrmacht, as the armed forces of the Third Reich were known, and the regime it served has been the subject of a voluminous historiographical debate.

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November 1914

The following events occurred in November 1914.

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Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary

The Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (Magyar Királyi Szent István Iovagrend; Königlich Ungarischer Sankt-Stephans-Orden) was an order of knighthood founded by Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa in 1764.

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Order of the Black Eagle

The Order of the Black Eagle (Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler) was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Order of the Red Eagle

The Order of the Red Eagle (Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Otto von Diederichs

Ernst Otto von Diederichs (born 7 September 1843 in Minden, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (today in the German Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia) - died 8 March 1918 at Baden-Baden, Germany) was an Admiral of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), serving in the predecessor Prussian Navy and the Navy of the North German Confederation.

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Paul Behncke

Paul Behncke (13 August 1869 – 4 January 1937) was a German admiral during the First World War, most notable for his command of the Third Battle Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland.

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Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known generally as Paul von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a Generalfeldmarschall and statesman who commanded the German military during the second half of World War I before later being elected President of the Weimar republic in 1925.

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Paul von Hintze

Paul von Hintze (13 February 1864 in Schwedt/Oder – 19 August 1941 in Meran) was a German naval officer, diplomat, and politician who served as Foreign Minister of Germany in the last stages of World War I, from July to October 1918.

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Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg

Philipp Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, Count von Sandels (12 February 1847 – 17 September 1921) was a diplomat and composer of Imperial Germany who achieved considerable influence as the closest friend of Wilhelm II.

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Pour le Mérite

The Pour le Mérite (French, literally "For Merit") is an order of merit (Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.

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Pre-dreadnought battleship

Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.

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Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

The pursuit of Goeben and Breslau was a naval action that occurred in the Mediterranean Sea at the outbreak of the First World War when elements of the British Mediterranean Fleet attempted to intercept the German Mittelmeerdivision consisting of the battlecruiser and the light cruiser.

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Radu Irimescu

Radu Irimescu (December 9, 1890 – May 1975) was a Romanian businessman, politician, and diplomat.

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Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914, was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool and Whitby.

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Reinhard Scheer

Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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Reinhold von Werner

Reinhold von Werner (10 May 1825 – 26 February 1909) was a Prussian and later Imperial German naval officer in the 19th century, eventually reaching the rank of vice admiral.

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Richard Eckermann

Heinrich Paul Christian Richard Eckermann (15 July 1862, near Ratzeburg - 13 January 1916, Kiel) was an officer of the German Imperial Navy, rising to Vizeadmiral (vice admiral)) in the First World War.

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RMS Empress of Australia (1919)

RMS Empress of Australia was an ocean liner built in 1913–1919 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line.

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (3 February 183022 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British statesman of the Conservative Party, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total of over thirteen years.

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Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart

Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War.

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Süddeutsche Monatshefte

Süddeutsche Monatshefte ("South German Monthly", also credited as Süddeutscher Monatshefte) was a German magazine published in Munich between January 1904 and September 1936.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

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Second Marx cabinet

The Second Marx cabinet (German: Zweites Kabinett Marx) was the 11th democratically elected Reichsregierung of the German Reich, during the period in which it is now usually referred to as the Weimar Republic.

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Second Ostend Raid

The Second Ostend Raid (officially known as Operation VS) was the later of two failed attempts made during the spring of 1918 by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy to block the channels leading to the Belgian port of Ostend as a part of its conflict with the German Empire during World War I. Due to the significant strategic advantages conferred by the Belgian ports, the Imperial German Navy had used Ostend as a base for their U-boat activities during the Battle of the Atlantic since 1915.

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Shandong University

Shandong University (abbreviated as Shanda,, English acronym SDU) is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China.

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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS ''Lusitania'' occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany.

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Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet

Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Irish unionist politician.

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SMS Blücher (1877)

SMS Blücher was a built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s.

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SMS Blitz

SMS Blitz was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy, the lead ship of her class.

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SMS Brandenburg

SMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of the pre-dreadnought battleships, which included,, and, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1890s.

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SMS Braunschweig

SMS Braunschweig was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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SMS Cormoran (1892)

SMS Cormoran ("His Majesty's Ship Cormorant") was an unprotected cruiser of the, the fifth member of a class of six ships.

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SMS Deutschland (1904)

SMS Deutschland (His Majesty's Ship Germany) was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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SMS Elsass

SMS Elsass was the second of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the in the German Imperial Navy.

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SMS Goeben

SMS Goeben  was the second of two s of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben.

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SMS Hannover

SMS Hannover ("His Majesty's Ship Hannover") was the second of five pre-dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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SMS Hela

SMS Hela was an aviso of the German Imperial Navy before and during World War I. The only ship of her class, Hela was launched on 28 March 1895 in Bremen.

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SMS Hessen

SMS Hessen was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the.

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SMS Kaiser Barbarossa

SMS Kaiser Barbarossa (His Majesty's Ship Emperor Barbarossa) was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the.

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SMS Kaiser Friedrich III

SMS Kaiser Friedrich III ("His Majesty's Ship Emperor Frederick III") was the lead ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships.

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SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse

SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse (His Majesty's Ship "Charlemagne") was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the, built around the turn of the 20th century for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm

SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm ("His Majesty's Ship Prince-elector Friedrich Wilhelm") was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the Imperial German Navy.

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SMS Lothringen

SMS Lothringen was the fifth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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SMS Mainz

SMS Mainz was a light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during the First World War.

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SMS Mecklenburg

SMS Mecklenburg ("His Majesty's Ship Mecklenburg") was the fifth ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy.

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SMS Moltke

SMS Moltke  was the lead ship of the s of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke.

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SMS Nassau

SMS Nassau was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy, a response to the launching of the British battleship.

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SMS Niobe (1849)

SMS Niobe was a 28-gun sixth-rate sailing frigate built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s.

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SMS Oldenburg

SMS Oldenburg was the fourth vessel of the of battleships of the Imperial German Navy.

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SMS Pommern

SMS Pommern was one of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906.

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SMS Posen

SMS Posen was one of four battleships in the, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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SMS Preussen (1903)

SMS Preussen was the fourth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).

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SMS Prinzess Wilhelm

SMS Prinzess Wilhelm ("His Majesty's Ship Princess Wilhelm") was a protected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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SMS Rheinland

SMS Rheinland was one of four s, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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SMS Schwaben

SMS Schwaben ("His Majesty's Ship Swabia") was the fourth ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy.

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SMS Seydlitz

SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in Hamburg.

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SMS Von der Tann

SMS Von der Tann  was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine, as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered warship.

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SMS Wörth

SMS Wörth ("His Majesty's Ship Wörth") was one of four German pre-dreadnought battleships of the, built in the early 1890s.

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SMS Württemberg (1878)

SMS Württemberg  was one of four armored frigates of the German Imperial Navy.

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SMS Weissenburg

SMS Weissenburg was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the Imperial German Navy.

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SMS Westfalen

SMS Westfalen was one of the s, the first four dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy.

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SMS Wettin

SMS Wettin ("His Majesty's Ship Wettin") was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the of the Kaiserliche Marine.

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SMS Wittelsbach

SMS Wittelsbach (German: Seiner Majestät Schiff Wittelsbach; English: His Majesty's Ship Wittelsbach) was the lead ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships, built for the Imperial German Navy.

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SMS Zähringen

SMS Zähringen (German: Seiner Majestät Schiff Zähringen; English: His Majesty's Ship Zähringen) was the third pre-dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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SMS Zieten

SMS Zieten was the first torpedo-armed aviso built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).

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Social imperialism

Social imperialism (also called imperial socialism and socio-imperialism) can mean either of two types of left-wing phrases.

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Splendid isolation

"Splendid isolation" is a diplomatic policy of avoiding alliances and entanglements.

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SS Arabic (1902)

SS Arabic was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line.

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SS Peel Castle

The passenger steamer SS Peel Castle was operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from her purchase in 1912 until she was sold for breaking in 1939.

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Tegetthoff-class battleship

The Tegetthoff class (sometimes called the Viribus Unitis class) was a class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

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The Influence of Sea Power upon History

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan.

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The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (also known as The Beast of Berlin and The Kaiser) was a 1918 American silent war propaganda melodrama film written by, directed by, and starring Rupert Julian.

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The Prussian Cur

The Prussian Cur is a 1918 American anti-German silent propaganda film produced during World War I. Now considered a lost film, it is notable for telling the story of the Crucified Soldier.

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The Tanks That Broke the Ranks Out in Picardy

The Tanks That Broke the Ranks Out in Picardy (also known by the shorter title of The Tanks That Broke the Ranks) is a 1916 song written jointly by Harry Castling and Harry Carlton.

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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann-Hollweg (29 November 1856 – 1 January 1921) was a German politician who was the Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917.

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Timeline of British diplomatic history

This timeline covers the main points of British (and English) foreign policy from 1485 to the early 21st century.

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Tirpitz

Tirpitz may refer to.

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Tirpitz (pig)

Tirpitz was a pig captured from the Imperial German Navy after a naval skirmish following the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914.

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Tirpitzøya

Tirpitzøya is an island in the Svalbard archipelago, one of the islands of Kong Karls Land.

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To Hell with the Kaiser!

To Hell with the Kaiser! is a lost 1918 American silent Great War propaganda comedy film produced by Screen Classics Productions and distributed by Metro Pictures.

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Ulrich von Hassell

Christian August Ulrich von Hassell (12 November 1881 – 8 September 1944) was a German diplomat during World War II.

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Victor Valois

Victor Valois (1841–1924), also called Anton Friedrich Victor Valois, was a vice-admiral (Vizeadmiral) in the German Imperial Navy.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht (lit. "defence force")From wehren, "to defend" and Macht., "power, force".

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Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.

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Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard

Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard) was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven, founded in 1871 and closed in 1918.

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Wolfgang Kapp

Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a Prussian civil servant and journalist.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Yankee Doodle in Berlin is a 1919 American silent comedy and World War I propaganda film from producer Mack Sennett.

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Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.

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1849

No description.

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1914 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914.

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1920 in Germany

Events in the year 1920 in Germany.

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1930

No description.

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1930 in Germany

Events in the year 1930 in Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz

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