They will be familiar, also, with the no less unusual appearance of the Kaiser’s Secretary of Stateof the Ministry of Marine (Reichsmarineamt), Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, with his huge domed ...

The crippling of this ship would alter the entire face of the naval war … the loss of 100 machines or 500 airmen would be well compensated for.” The Royal Navy, the RAF, and the Combined Operations ...

Admiral von Tirpitz and the Navy League The key figure in these plans to expand the navy was Admiral von Tirpitz. To win support for his policy he helped to create the Navy League in 1898 ...