Imperial German Navy
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imperial-german-navy-175-10072230
title:
Imperial German Navy
text:
The Imperial German Navy or the Kaiserliche Marine was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy, which was mainly for coast defence. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who greatly expanded the size and quality of the navy, while adopting the sea power theories of American strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan. The result was a naval arms race with Britain, as the German navy grew t
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encyclopedia
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Navy of the German Empire between 1871 and 1919
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:20:37Z
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