Kriegsmarine

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historical organization military branch navy

The Kriegsmarine was Nazi Germany’s World War II navy, known for its U-boat campaigns and major role in maritime warfare, especially in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical organization → military branch → navy →
activeFrom	1935 →
activeUntil	1945 →
allegiance	Adolf Hitler →
conflict	Arctic convoys → Battle of Narvik → Battle of the Atlantic → Battle of the Barents Sea → Battle of the Mediterranean → Battle of the North Cape → Black Sea campaigns → Norwegian Campaign → Operation Weserübung → World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
disbandedBy	Allied Control Council →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
ideology	Nazism →
language	German →
notableCommander	Erich Raeder → Günther Lütjens → Karl Dönitz → Rolf Carls → Wilhelm Marschall →
notableOperation	Operation Berlin → Operation Cerberus → Operation Hannibal → Operation Paukenschlag → Operation Rheinübung → Operation Wunderland →
notableShip	Admiral Graf Spee → Admiral Scheer → Bismarck → Gneisenau → Lützow → Prinz Eugen → Scharnhorst → Tirpitz →
notableUnitType	U-boat → auxiliary cruiser → battleship → destroyer → heavy cruiser → light cruiser → minesweeper → torpedo boat →
partOf	Wehrmacht →
predecessor	Reichsmarine →
reasonForDisbandment	defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II →
subjectTo	Nuremberg Trials (high command) →
successor	Bundesmarine → Volksmarine →
usedWarfareType	amphibious operations → commerce raiding → naval mine warfare → submarine warfare → surface raider operations →
warCrimeInvolvement	attacks on merchant shipping → unrestricted submarine warfare →

Referenced by (76)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich Raeder → Friedrich Bonte → Günther Lütjens → Hans Langsdorff → Hans-Georg von Friedeburg → Heinrich Dau → Karl Dönitz → Kriegsmarine High Command → Operation Nordseetour →	militaryBranch
Admiral Graf Spee → Altmark → Deutschland class → Freya radar ("German Navy (Kriegsmarine)") → German battleship Gneisenau → German battleship Schleswig-Holstein → German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → U-505 →	operator
Arctic theatre of World War II → Batalla del Río de la Plata → Battle of Anzio → Battle of Salerno → Battle of the River Plate → Operation Berlin → Western Approaches →	belligerent
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → Dieppe Raid → Home Fleet → Soviet Black Sea Fleet → Western Approaches Command →	opponent
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) → German Cross in Gold → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → Mediterranean U-boat campaign → U-boats →	usedBy
Arado Ar 196 → German battleship Scharnhorst → Kriegsmarine High Command → Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	operatedBy
Black May 1943 → Black May 1943 ("German U-boat arm") → September Campaign →	hasParticipant
Battle of Drøbak Sound → Operation Sea Lion → Polish capitulation at Hel ("German Navy") →	militaryBranchInvolved
Battle of Narvik ("Kriegsmarine destroyer flotillas") → Case White →	involvedUnit
Obrona Helu → Operation Weser Exercise →	participant
RAF Coastal Command ("German U-boat arm") → RAF Coastal Command →	primaryOpponent
Western Approaches Tactical Unit ("Kriegsmarine U-boat arm") →	analyzedOpponent
Battle of Drøbak Sound ("German Kriegsmarine") →	attackingForce
National Republican Navy →	collaboratedWith
Polish capitulation at Hel ("German Navy") →	commanderForGermany
Operation Nordseetour ("Kriegsmarine surface forces") →	conductedBy
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	constructedFor
Waffen-SS →	distinctFrom
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg →	employer
German Navy →	hasHistoricalPredecessor
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine") →	hasPart
Plan White →	involvedBranch
Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1940 minelaying operations area) →	involvedForce
Operation Weserübung →	involves
Battle of the Atlantic →	mainCombatant
Karl Dönitz →	memberOf
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) →	navalForce
German occupation of Dunkirk →	occupyingForce
Battle of Kolberg (1945) →	opposedBy
Operation Sea Lion →	plannedBy
Unternehmen Seelöwe →	plannedByOrganization
Greyhound →	portraysMilitaryBranch
Huff-Duff ("Kriegsmarine U-boats") →	primaryAdversary
Allied merchant shipping →	primaryThreat
Reichsmarine →	successor
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →	usedByBranch
National Republican Navy →	usedEquipmentFrom