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The German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə maˈʁiːnə] ⓘ) is part of the unified Bundeswehr (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the Bundesmarine (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when Deutsche Marine (German Navy) became the official name with respect to the 1990 incorporation of the East German Volksmarine (People's ...
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Reunification in 1990 radically changed Germany’s geopolitical environment. The country on both sides of the former inner German border was no longer on the front line of the ideological confrontation between the two blocs. As a fully sovereign country, the Federal Republic of Germany became increasingly involved in international efforts to contain...
The German Navy subsequently participated in Operation Sharp Guard with NATO and the Western European Union from 1993 to 1996. A German destroyer or a German frigate was also with each of the two NATO naval forces employed. They enforced the international arms embargo, which the United Nations had imposed on the participants in the Yugoslav Wars, i...
Since then, the German Navy has participated in many different international operations, including anti-piracy measures at the Horn of Africa, rescuing shipwrecked refugees from the Mediterranean Sea, and preventing arms smuggling into Lebanon. Even without a combat mission, the German Navy has been demonstrating since 1990 just how broad and flexi...
The Allies and neutral countries lost 2828 ships to the submarines of Germany, Italy and Japan during the war. The largest proportion of these were sunk by German U-boats. Of the 1,160 U-boats built during the Second World War, more than 350 were still in service at the end of the conflict. Between 3rd September 1939 and 8th May 1945, 785 U ...
The Imperial German Navy or the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defence. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von ...
Kriegsmarine. The German Navy in WW2. About 6,500 vessels of all tonnage from battleships to LS-Boote, including submersibles. The world war two Kriegsmarine (“war navy”) inherited the Hochseeflotte (“High Seas Fleet”) of 1914. The appellation of the latter was intended to mark the difference with “Old Navy” created from the ...
German Navy. Until the late 1890s Germany relied on his large German Army for defence. However, in 1897, Germany's new head of the Imperial German Navy, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, advised the Kaiser Wilhelm II that the country needed a large modern navy. Tirpitz argued that this would help protect Germany's growing overseas empire and its ...
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Dynamics of a Naval Race. The Anglo-German naval race came into focus with the German Navy Bill of 1908 and the British “Navy Scare” of 1909, which resulted in a massive construction program under anti-German auspices. An atmosphere of mutual suspicion now ruled the day. German fear of an imminent British military strike was matched by ...
