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The Kriegsmarine or "War Navy" was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi reign. The war vessels available to the Kriegsmarine were U-boats, pocket battleships and limited smaller ships such as cruisers, destroyers and E-boats. The main battles the navy fought were the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the River Plate. Somewhat smaller engagements included the sinkings of the HMS Royal Oak, HMS Glorious, Bismarck, HMS Hood, Scharnhorst and Cap Arcona. The German Navy of today is called Deutsche Marine.
German Navy U.S./British Navy Grossadmiral (Grandadmiral) Admiral of the Fleet Generaladmiral (none) Admiral Admiral Vizeadmiral Vice Admiral Konteradmiral Rear Admiral Kommodore Commodore Kapitaen zur See Captain Fregattenkapitaen Captain (Junior) Korvettenkapitaen Commander Kapitaenleutnant Lt. Commander Oberleutnant zur See Lieutenant (Senior) Leutnant zur See Lieutenant (Jg.)(Junior) Oberfahnrich zur See Ensign/Sub-Lieutenant Fahnrich zur See Cadet/Midshipman
Top 10 U-Boat Aces WWII 266,629 tons (44 ships sunk) Otto Kretschmer 225,712 tons (43 ships) Wolfgang Luth 193,684 tons (34 ships) Erich Topp 186,064 tons (29 ships) Karl-Friedrich Mertn 171,164 tons (34 ships) Victor Schutze 171,122 tons (26 ships) Herbert Schultze 167,601 tons (28 ships) Georg Lassen 166,596 tons (22 ships) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock 162,333 tons (30 ships) Heinrich Liebe 160,939 tons (28 ships) Gunther Prien
Hitler and Regent Horthy of Hungary observing Kriegsmarine U-Boat maneuvers in 1938 See also
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