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This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
Hearder, Harry, and Carr, William: The Origins of the Wars of German Unification. Routledge 1991. [1] Herwig, Holger H. The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (2009) Hooton, Tim. The Luftwaffe: A Complete History 1933–45 (2010) Kelly, Patrick J. Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy (2011) excerpt and text search; Kitchen ...
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
The German navy has operated under different names. See Prussian Navy, 1701–1867; Reichsflotte (Fleet of the Realm), 1848–52; North German Federal Navy, 1867–71; Imperial German Navy (" Kaiserliche Marine"), 1871–1919; Reichsmarine, 1919–35; Kriegsmarine, 1935–45; German Mine Sweeping Administration, 1945 to 1956; German Navy, since ...
German Peasants' War: An uprising of German-speaking peasants began. 1525: German Peasants' War: The war ended in the defeat of the peasant army. 10 April: Prussian Homage: Grand Master Albert of the Teutonic Order resigned his position and was appointed duke of Prussia by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. 1529: 19 April
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 German naval buildup of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was one of the causes of World War I; and it was the mutinying sailors of the High Seas Fleet who forced the abdication of the Emperor during the German Revolution of 1918–1919. The Navy continued as the Reichsmarine (Reich Navy) and later the Kriegsmarine (War Navy), until at ...
The German Army in the First World War: Uniforms and Equipment, 1914 to 1918. Militaria Verlag. ISBN 978-3950164268. Somers, Johan (2004). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 2. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0764322624. Somers, Johan (2007). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 3 ...