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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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Kriegsmarine canonical 197
German Kriegsmarine 5
German Navy 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
navy ⓘ
activeFrom 1935 ⓘ
activeUntil 1945 ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
conflict Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
surface form: Gneisenau

Lützow ⓘ
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen ⓘ
surface form: Prinz Eugen

German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
surface form: Scharnhorst

Tirpitz ⓘ
notableUnitType U-boats ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Trials (high command)
successor German Navy ⓘ
surface form: 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 (220)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Atlantic → mainCombatant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
September Campaign → hasParticipant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → involvedUnit → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine destroyer flotillas
Case White → involvedUnit → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → plannedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → militaryBranchInvolved → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → usedByBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
U-boats → usedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Plan White → involvedBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Battle of the River Plate → belligerent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Weserübung → involves → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Weser Exercise → participant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → navalForce → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
German tanker Altmark → operator → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
subject surface form: Altmark
Admiral Graf Spee → operator → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → hasPart → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
Western Approaches → belligerent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Obrona Helu → participant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Waffen-SS → distinctFrom → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Operation Berlin → belligerent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Karl Dönitz → militaryBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Karl Dönitz → memberOf → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Soviet Black Sea Fleet → opponent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Battle of Anzio → belligerent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) → usedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
German Cross in Gold → usedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg → militaryBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg → employer → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Heinrich Dau → militaryBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Mediterranean U-boat campaign → usedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Dieppe Raid → opponent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Polish capitulation at Hel → commanderForGermany → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Navy
Polish capitulation at Hel → militaryBranchInvolved → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Navy
RAF Coastal Command → primaryOpponent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German U-boat arm
RAF Coastal Command → primaryOpponent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Huff-Duff → primaryAdversary → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine U-boats
Black May 1943 → hasParticipant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Black May 1943 → hasParticipant → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German U-boat arm
German occupation of Dunkirk → occupyingForce → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Erich Raeder → militaryBranch → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Freya radar → operator → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Navy (Kriegsmarine)
Unternehmen Seelöwe → plannedByOrganization → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
U-505 submarine → operator → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
subject surface form: U-505
Allied merchant shipping → primaryThreat → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → opponent → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → operator → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → usedBy → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
National Republican Navy → usedEquipmentFrom → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
National Republican Navy → collaboratedWith → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Battle of Drøbak Sound → attackingForce → Kriegsmarine ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Kriegsmarine