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The Reichsmarine was the name of the German Navy
German Navy

The German Navy The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the Revolutions of 1848 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy and became the Imperial Navy ....
 during the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
 and first two years of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
. It was the naval branch of the Reichswehr
Reichswehr

The Reichswehr formed the armed forces of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht .At the end of World War I, the forces of the German Empire had mostly disintegrated, the men making their way home individually or in small groups....
, existing from 1918 to 1935. In 1935 it became the Kriegsmarine
Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi Germany regime, superseding the Reichsmarine, and the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I....
, a branch of the Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe ....
; a change implemented by Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
.

Vorläufige Reichsmarine (Provisional Imperial Navy) was formed after the end of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 from the Kaiserliche Marine
Kaiserliche Marine

The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the Prussian Navy and Norddeutsche Bundesmarine....
.

The provisions of the Versailles Treaty restricted the German navy to 15,000 men and no submarines, while the fleet was limited to six pre-dreadnought battleships, six cruisers and 12 destroyers.






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The Reichsmarine was the name of the German Navy
German Navy

The German Navy The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet of the Revolutions of 1848 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which later evolved into the Northern German Federal Navy and became the Imperial Navy ....
 during the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
 and first two years of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
. It was the naval branch of the Reichswehr
Reichswehr

The Reichswehr formed the armed forces of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht .At the end of World War I, the forces of the German Empire had mostly disintegrated, the men making their way home individually or in small groups....
, existing from 1918 to 1935. In 1935 it became the Kriegsmarine
Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi Germany regime, superseding the Reichsmarine, and the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I....
, a branch of the Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe ....
; a change implemented by Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
.

Vorläufige Reichsmarine

The Vorläufige Reichsmarine (Provisional Imperial Navy) was formed after the end of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 from the Kaiserliche Marine
Kaiserliche Marine

The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the Prussian Navy and Norddeutsche Bundesmarine....
.

The provisions of the Versailles Treaty restricted the German navy to 15,000 men and no submarines, while the fleet was limited to six pre-dreadnought battleships, six cruisers and 12 destroyers. Replacements for the outdated battleships were restricted to a maximum size of 10,000 tons.

Reichsmarine


Extent and equipment

The Treaty of Versailles limited the size and armament of the Reichsmarine and prevented it from introducing new technologies. The restrictions were intended to prevent the German navy from becoming a threat to the Allied powers. On the other hand, the Allies had made certain that the Reichsmarine would be in the foreseeable future the strongest power in the Baltic Sea, in order to serve as a counterweight against the new Soviet Union, which was viewed with distrust by the Allies.

The Reichsmarine tried to meet the arms restrictions with secret armament and technical innovations such as the introduction of the pocket battle ship
Deutschland class cruiser

The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe , a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine more or less in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles....
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See also

  • NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw
    NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw

    NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw , usually contracted to IvS, was a Netherlands dummy company set up by the Reichsmarineamt after World War I in order to maintain and develop Germany submarine know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles....