"Admiral von Tirpitz" redirects here. For ships of this name, see List of ships named Tirpitz.
Alfred von Tirpitz
Von Tirpitz in 1903
Born
(1849-03-19)19 March 1849 Küstrin, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia (today Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland)
Died
6 March 1930(1930-03-06) (aged 80) Ebenhausen, Bavaria, Germany
Buried
Munich Waldfriedhof
Allegiance
Kingdom of Prussia (1869–1871) German Empire (1871–1916)
Service/branch
Prussian Navy
Years of service
1869–1916
Rank
Grand admiral
Commands held
Torpedo Inspectorate SMS Preussen SMS Württemberg East Asia Squadron Imperial Naval Office
Battles/wars
Franco-Prussian War World War I
Awards
Pour le Mérite
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle
Friedrich Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (German pronunciation:[ˈalfʁeːtfɔnˈtɪʁpɪt͡s]ⓘ; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral, State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.
Prussia never had a major navy, nor did the other German states before the German Empire was formed in 1871. Tirpitz took the modest Imperial Navy and, starting in the 1890s, turned it into a world-class force that could threaten Britain's Royal Navy. However, during World War I, his High Seas Fleet proved unable to end Britain's command of the sea and its chokehold on Germany's economy. The one great engagement at sea, the Battle of Jutland, ended in a narrow German tactical victory but a strategic failure. As the High Seas Fleet's limitations became increasingly apparent during the war, Tirpitz became an outspoken advocate for unrestricted submarine warfare, a policy which would ultimately bring Germany into conflict with the United States. By the beginning of 1916, he was dismissed from office and never regained power. Following his dismissal, he would become Chairman of the far-right German Fatherland Party, an ideological precursor to the German National People's Party.
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German Empire (1871–1916)
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