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  2. Plan Z - Wikipedia

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    The plan also called for extensive upgrades to Germany's naval infrastructure to accommodate the new fleet; larger dry docks were to be built at Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg, and much of the island of Rügen was to be removed to provide a large harbor in the Baltic. Plan Z was given the highest priority of all industrial projects. [24]

  3. List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers

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    Operation Wiesengrund (German plans to conquer Rybachy Peninsula by the Kriegsmarine to end the connection between Soviets and Allies. Planned to be carried out in March 1942, but cancelled in 1944) Amerikabomber Project (German plans to attack East Coast and Eastern United States through long-range strategic bomber from a potential occupied ...

  4. Tirpitz Plan - Wikipedia

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    Le plan Tirpitz 1897-1914 : une flotte de combat allemande contre l'Angleterre (in French). Librairie de l'Inde. ISBN 978-2905455215. Epkenhans, Michael. Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet (2008) Hobson, Rolf (2002). Imperialism at Sea: Naval Strategic Thought, the Ideology of Sea Power, and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914. Studies in ...

  5. German Naval Laws - Wikipedia

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    The Naval Laws (German: Flottengesetze, "Fleet Laws") were five separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1912.These acts, championed by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Secretary of State for the Navy, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, committed Germany to building up a navy capable of competing with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.

  6. List of active German Navy ships - Wikipedia

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    Up to 6 as per Zielbild Marine 2035+ plan [48] [49] Frigates MEKO A-400 AMD class. Type F127 frigate. 6 Germany – Air defense frigate Blohm+Voss – F233 – 10,000 tonnes Planned to replace the F124 Sachsen class. [50] To be likely equipped with AEGIS combat system, Mk 41 VLS (64 cells). [51] – F234 – – F235 – – F236 – – F235 ...

  7. High Seas Fleet - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the fleet was to be complete by 1 April 1904. Rising international tensions, particularly as a result of the outbreak of the Boer War in South Africa and the Boxer Uprising in China, allowed Tirpitz to push through an expanded fleet plan in 1900. The Second Naval Law was passed on 14 June 1900; it doubled the size of the fleet ...

  8. Imperial German Navy - Wikipedia

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    The German surface navy proved ineffective during the First World War; its only major engagement, the Battle of Jutland, was a draw, but it kept the surface fleet largely in port for the rest of the war. [1] The submarine fleet was greatly expanded and threatened the British supply system during the U-boat campaign.

  9. Naval order of 24 October 1918 - Wikipedia

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    The High Seas Fleet in October 1918 was built around the core of 18 battleships and five battlecruisers, most of which had been completed before the outbreak of war.Since the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the obsolete pre-dreadnoughts had been de-commissioned, two new battleships with 15-inch guns (Baden and Bayern) and the new battlecruiser Hindenburg had joined the fleet, but one ...