Reichsmarine
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The Reichsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany. It was the naval branch of the Reichswehr, existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it was
The Mürwik Naval School in 1929
Ships of the Reichsmarine on maneuvers in 1929 with a Königsberg-class cruiser on the right
Admiraal Adolf von Trotha
Paul Behncke
Imperial German Navy
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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 coastal defence.
Reichsmarine
…into the organization of the Kriegsmarine. The Vorläufige Reichsmarine (lit. 'Provisional Reich Navy') was formed after the end of World War I from the Imperial German Navy. The provisions of the Treaty of Versailles restricted the German Navy to 15,000 men and no submarines, while the fleet was limited to six pre-dreadnought…
Major elements of the High Seas Fleet in the early 1910s
Proclamation of Wilhelm I as Emperor of Germany at Versailles, France in 1871
Wilhelm II in German Admiral's uniform in 1913
Alfred von Tirpitz