Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy

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Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849--1930) was the principal forcebehind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging GreatBritain's command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agendaduring that crucial period. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz waswell equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate Germandefense policy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, heenthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitiousbuilding program for battleships and battle cruisers. Based on exhaustive archivalresearch, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the Imperial GermanNavy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth ofthe modern navy.

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