Alfred von Tirpitz

(noun)

Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (March 19, 1849 – March 6, 1930) was a German Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.

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Examples of Alfred von Tirpitz in the following topics:

  • Neutral Rights and Submarines

    • "England wants to starve us," said Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the man who built the German fleet and who remained a key adviser to the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
    • Unable to challenge the more powerful Royal Navy on the surface, Tirpitz wanted to scare off merchant and passenger ships en route to Britain.

  • American Neutrality

    • "England wants to starve us," said Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the man who built the German fleet and remained a key adviser to the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
    • Tirpitz reasoned that the British Isles depended on imports of food, raw materials, and manufactured goods, therefore blocking a substantial number of ships from making these deliveries would effectively undercut Britain’s long-term ability to maintain an army on the Western Front.

  • The Western Front

    • This was a modified version of a German invasion blueprint known as the Schlieffen Plan, named for Germany Army Chief of Staff Alfred von Schlieffen, who designed the strategy to quickly overwhelm the French Army.
    • This was countered, however, when the new chief of staff, Helmuth von Moltke, diverted from the original plan and attacked in the south rather than fall back.