Kriegsmarine

Also known as KM, War Navy, Nazi Navy, Wehrmacht Navy

The '''''' (, ) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the and the , of the , the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.

AI overview

The Kriegsmarine was the official navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945, serving as one of three branches of the German armed forces during that period. It replaced the naval forces of both the earlier German Empire and the Weimar Republic that had existed before Nazi rule.

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Key facts

Military unit.image: Kriegsmarine insignia casco.svg
Military unit.image_size: 175
Military unit.caption: Helmet decal of Kriegsmarine
Military unit.allegiance: Adolf Hitler
Military unit.branch: Wehrmacht
Military unit.type: Navy
Military unit.size: 810,000 peak in 1944 1,500,000 (total 1939–45)
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Military unit.battles: World War II (1939–1945)
Military unit.commander1: See list
Military unit.commander1_label: OKM
Military unit.notable_commanders: Erich RaederKarl Dönitz
Military unit.identification_symbol: 100px|border
Military unit.identification_symbol_label: War ensign(1935–1938)
Military unit.identification_symbol_2: 100px|border

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Encyclopedic overview

37 sections

Contents

History
Post–World War I origins
Nazi control
Spanish Civil War
Plan Z
World War II
War crimes
Post-war division
Major wartime operations
Ships
Surface ships
Aircraft carriers
Battleships
Pre-dreadnought battleships
Battlecruisers
''Panzerschiffe'' and Heavy cruisers
Light cruisers
Auxiliary cruisers
Destroyers
Torpedo boats
E-boats (''Schnellboote'')
Troop ships
Miscellaneous
Submarines
Captured ships
Major enemy warships sunk or destroyed
Organisation
Command structure
Air units
Coastal artillery, flak and radar units
Marines
Personnel
Ranks and uniforms
See also
Notes
Bibliography
External links

In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the grew rapidly during the German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines.

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