Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy Kelly Patrick J.Pevná vazba
Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy Kelly Patrick J.Pevná vazba Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849--1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War…
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Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy Kelly Patrick J.Pevná vazba
Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849--1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britain's command of the seas. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz was well equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate German defence policy. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period.
Based on exhaustive archival research, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the German Navy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth of the modern navy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, he enthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitious building programme for battleships and battle cruisers.