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Plan Z and the quest for maritime power: Hitler, Raeder, and the impossible dream of a world-class fleet
With Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, German naval ambition was reborn on a far grander scale, culminating in the development of Plan Z under Admiral Erich Raeder. This sweeping blueprint envisioned a ...
The young captain on the bridge of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s yacht Hohenzollern had ambitions to match those of his master: both wanted to bust the bully-bold British Navy. In World War I Hamburg-born Erich ...
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Hitler's two grand admirals fought over one question that could have changed the war: "Battleships or U-boats?"
Only two officers in the history of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine reached the rank of Grand Admiral: Erich Raeder and Karl Dönitz. Although they served the same navy, they envisioned two very different ...
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