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Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz , 1849-1930, German admiral. His influence on German naval policy began with his study of the recently invented torpedo and his consequent appointment (1871) as chief of the torpedo division of the navy ministry. Appointed secretary of state for naval affairs in 1897, he began to ... Read more
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg , 1856-1921, German chancellor. A career civil servant, he became minister of the interior (1905) and secretary of state (1907), and in 1909 succeeded Bernhard von Bülow as chancellor. He favored some reform and worked for a comprehensive insurance law, extension... Read more
Svalbard
Svalbard , archipelago (23,958 sq mi/62,051 sq km), island group (2005 est. pop. 2,700), possession of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean, c.400 mi (640 km) N of the Norwegian mainland and between lat. 74°N and 81°N. The main islands of the group are Spitsbergen (formerly Vestspitsbergen)... Read more
Germany
Germany , Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). Located in the center of Europe, it borders the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France on the west; Switzerland and Austria on the south; the Czech Republi... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Tirpitz,"

Alfred von Tirpitz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) was secretary of the navy during the reign of...surpassing other naval powers of the world. Opinions regarding Tirpitz are divided. Many historians consider him to have been an ultimate...
Tirpitz
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Tirpitz was the sister ship of the 42,000-ton German...scatter, with disastrous results, though Tirpitz was at sea for only a few hours before being...Bibliography Kennedy, L. , Life and Death of the Tirpitz (London, 1979).
Tirpitz, Alfred von
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Tirpitz, Alfred von (1849–1930) German admiral. Tirpitz was chiefly responsible for the build-up of the German navy before World War I. Frustrated by government cut-backs and restrictions on submarine warfare, he resigned in...
Arctic convoys
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...units. After PQ12 escaped an attack by the German battleship Tirpitz in March 1942, distant cover by main units of the Home Fleet...But on the evening of 4 July ULTRA intelligence revealed that Tirpitz , the cruiser Hipper , and possibly the pocket battleship L...
German surface raiders
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Raeder's strategy, Hitler ordered the other surface raiders to be concentrated in Norwegian waters (see CERBERUS ) where their purpose was to threaten the Arctic convoys and to guard the coastline against invasion. See also Tirpitz .
battleship
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...battleships. Germany, for example, laid down two, the 41,000-ton German Bismarck , and her sister ship, the 42,500-ton Tirpitz , both launched in 1941, but their so-called pocket battleships were in fact cruisers . The Japanese built the biggest battleships...
Tallboy bomb
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...operationally in June 1944. Altogether, 854 were dropped by the Dam Buster squadron on targets which included the German battleship Tirpitz . They were used in combination with Grand Slam bombs when those became operational in March 1945. See also bombs .
Svalbard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...inoperable. A German garrison was expelled in 1942 by a small Norwegian force. In Sept., 1943, the German battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst, with 10 destroyers, completed the devastation of the mines and mining installations by bombarding the islands...
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...legislative efforts were supported in the Reichstag by a coalition of conservatives and centrists. He, along with Admiral von Tirpitz and the Kaiser, bears heavy responsibility for World War I. He greatly increased the German peacetime army, and appearances...
Schwarze Kapelle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...were in the same boat. Their diplomatic adviser, Ulrich von Hassell (1881–1944), married to the daughter of Tirpitz the founder of the imperial German Navy, was German ambassador in Rome 1932–8. He was a diplomat of the old school...

Dictionary entries related to "Tirpitz,"

Tirpitz, Alfred von
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Tirpitz, Alfred von (1849–1930) German grand-admiral. As Secretary of State for the Navy (1897–1916) his...
German Second empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...inevitably the search for new markets led to tension with other colonial powers. The expansion of the German navy under von TIRPITZ led to rivalry with the British navy, while competition with France in Africa led to a crisis over MOROCCO (1905). In a...
Wilhelm II
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...the Daily Telegraph Affair , became increasingly incoherent as well as controversial. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Tirpitz's plans for naval expansion, and he fully approved of his Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg's handling of the events following...
William II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and embarked on a personal ‘new course’ policy that was regarded abroad as warmongering. He supported TIRPITZ in building a navy to rival that of Britain. On the failure (1896) of the privately financed raid on the Transvaal led by...
Germany
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Germany's own desire to take part in imperialism and its consequent building of a large navy at the instigation of Admiral Tirpitz . This sense of crisis explains why Emperor Wilhelm II and his Chancellor, Bethmann Hollweg , felt compelled to incite World...

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Preparing for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power Before the Tirpitz Era
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power before the Tirpitz Era. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press...change was coming. In 1890 Rear Admiral Alfred Tirpitz took command of the Baltic station. Tirpitz saw that there was no connection between a...
OBITUARY: Willie 'Tirpitz' Tait.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/5/2007; 611 words ; ...to it, he said. Her real name was the Tirpitz and she was launched in April, 1939...Atlantic convoy or engaged in battle, the Tirpitz's presence in Norwegian waters was a...Then the 43,000-tons, 792-feet Tirpitz met James Brian Willie Tait, a Manchester...
Tirpitz memory
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 4/20/2009; 416 words ; ...read about Hubert Powell locating the Tirpitz in 1944. Six years later when I was serving...Devonshire, we dropped anchor near to the Tirpitz which was still laying on her side and...well protected for the mooring of the Tirpitz and the RAF did the final most successful...
Veteran tells of discovery of tirpitz ; A former World War Two RAF pilot has spoken of his involvement in one of the conflict's most defining moments - the discovery of the Tirpitz.
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 4/9/2009; ; 693 words ; ...defining moments - the discovery of the Tirpitz. Hubert Powell was a member of the RAF...underground intelligence reports suggesting the Tirpitz was moored 'north of the North Sea off...s mighty 42,900-tonne ship, the Tirpitz, was the second largest battleship ever...
x-men ; David and Goliath: A model of one of the X-craft and, top, the giant battleship Tirpitz that was crippled in the attack. Far left: A young then-Lieutenant John Lorimer, one of the X-Men who risked death to carry out the historic raid. Left: Commander Lorimer today.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...gate in the defensive 'wall' around the Tirpitz - a 45,000-tonbattleship which Winston...Eighteenmonths after Churchill's demand that the Tirpitz be crippled, the plan was justhours from...In 1941, Churchill had regarded the Tirpitz, a sister ship of the Bismarck,ScharnhorstandLutzow...
WHY THE LAST HERO OF THE MINI-SUBS THAT WRECKED THE TIRPITZ MUST NOW GET HIS VC; After decades of anguish, the discovery of a wreck at the bottom of a fjord may finally solve the mystery of one man's role in 'the bravest deed in history',REVIEW.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 1/11/2004; 700+ words ; ...subs on the mighty German battleship Tirpitz, flagship of Nazi Germany, while it...surrounded by sheer-sided mountains, the Tirpitz appeared invulnerable. She was protected...down into the water - that surrounded the Tirpitz. It was the task of the British minisubsto...
'It seemed an awful shame to have to blow her up' Tomorrow marks the 65th anniversary of the midget submarine raid on the Tirpitz, one of the most courageous acts of the Second World War. James Delingpole meets surviving hero Commander John Lorimer
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/21/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Operation Source - the mission to sink the Tirpitz, the largest battleship ever built in...northern Norway. Their main target was the Tirpitz, sister ship of the Bismarck. Because...Circle, Lorimer first caught sight of the Tirpitz. "It was surreal," he says. It was...
BBC man and the war hero uncle who died on a mission to find the Tirpitz; Norwegians honour Spitfire pilot who became a symbol of their struggle against Nazis.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 5/9/2004; 700+ words ; ...deep in the Norwegian fjords, the mighty Tirpitz posed a constant threat to Allied convoys...pointed his Spitfire in the direction of the Tirpitz - but just three miles from his objective...of the unsung heroes of the war.' The Tirpitz was eventually sunk in November 1944.
Hero of Tirpitz search is dead.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/30/2006; 433 words ; Byline: By STEPHEN WHITE THE hero pilot who found the Tirpitz, helping to end Hitler's war at sea, has died at 95. Squadron Leader...articles about him that I found out what he did. CAPTION(S): SUNK: The Tirpitz' FLIER: George
Rear-Admiral Godfrey Place VC : OBITUARIES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/30/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...during a daring attack on the battleship Tirpitz, the most important unit of the German...successfully exploded fou r charges underneath Tirpitz as she lay at anchor in Kaafjord, in...target before being sunk by gunfire. Tirpitz had been a constant threat to the British...