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In foreign policy, his negotiations with the British over reduction of naval armaments (March 1909 and February 1912) came to nothing because of the opposition of German admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, supported by William II (Kaiser [emperor] Wilhelm II).

Not since Karl Dönitz, the German admiral who briefly succeeded Hitler upon his death, was tried and sentenced by the International Military Tribunal has a head of state been convicted by an international court.

Joining him are Wilhelm Canaris Steven Hauckk), the German admiral executed in 1945 during World War II for treason against the Third Reich; and Gen. Francisco Franco Steven Rattazzii), whose fascist regime ruled Spain for 36 years.

Its manufacture was ordered by German Admiral Karl Donitz due to concerns that the three-rotor Enigma machine had been compromised following the capture of a U-boat in August 1941.

March 19 , 1849Kustrin, Germany March 6 , 1930Ebenhausen, Germany Alfred von Tirpitz, original name Alfred Tirpitz (born March 19 , 1849 Küstrin, Prussia died March 6 , 1930 Ebenhausen, near Munich) German admiral, the chief builder of the German Navy in the 17 years preceding World War I and a dominant personality of the emperor William II's reign.

After the defeat of a British squadron by the German admiral Graf von Spee's forces at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile, Fisher sent out the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible, which destroyed Spee's squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands (Dec. 8, 1914).

He was held with British Navy prisoners at the Marlag-O camp near Bremen, Germany, where he recorded prison life with materials supplied by the Red Cross, assembling such an impressive portfolio that German admirals visited the camp to admire his work.

The German generals were very apprehensive of the risks that their forces would run in crossing the sea, and the German admirals were even more frightened about what would happen when the Royal Navy appeared on the scene.

German admirals figured if 600,000 tons of shipping could be sunk each month, Britain would be unable to feed its people within just five months – with a bit of luck before any US boots had set foot on European soil.

The navy was sailed to Scapa Flow under the terms of surrender but was later scuttled, under the order of German admirals, as a reaction to the treaty.

At the time of the first encounter, the Helgoland-class battleships were less than 10 nautical miles away from the six British dreadnoughts; this was nearly within firing range, but in the darkness, neither British nor German admirals were aware of the composition of their opponents' fleets.