Examples of Alfred von Tirpitz in the following topics:
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- "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.
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- "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.
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- 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.