German Navy
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The '''''' ('Reich Navy') 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 , existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it was renamed as the Kriegsmarine (War Navy), a branch of the Wehrmacht; a change implemented by Adolf Hitler. Many of the administrative and organizational tenets of the were then carried over into the organization of the Kriegsmarine.
Key facts
- Military unit.image
- War Ensign of Germany (1921–1933).svg
- Military unit.caption
- Naval ensign
- Military unit.dates
- 1 January 1921 – 31 May 1935
- Military unit.country
- Weimar Republic - Nazi Germany
- Military unit.type
- Navy
- Military unit.colors
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- Military unit.commander1
- Erich Raeder
- Military unit.commander1_label
- Last commander
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Reichsmarine
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- Commons category
- Reichsmarine
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1935-05-31
- inception
- 1919-03-00
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- ''Vorläufige Reichsmarine''
- ''Reichsmarine''
- Naval headquarters
- Chief of the Admiralty (''Chef der Admiralität'')
- Heads of the Naval Command (''Chefs der Marineleitung'')
- Fleet command
- Naval sea stations
- Naval stations of the ''Reichsmarine''
- Ships and equipment
- List of ''Reichsmarine'' ships
- See also
- References
- External links
The '''''' ('Reich Navy') 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 , existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it was renamed as the Kriegsmarine (War Navy), a branch of the Wehrmacht; a change implemented by Adolf Hitler. Many of the administrative and organizational tenets of the were then carried over into the organization of the Kriegsmarine.
==Vorläufige Reichsmarine== The () was formed after the end of World War I from the Imperial German Navy.