admiral october february german officer served navy retirement october career served primarily responsible writing fleet laws funded expansion high_seas_fleet time retired risen rank admiral served post state secretary post oversaw german naval war years world war retired died february early career born october father factory owner mother younger brother physicist served president joined imperial_german_navy naval cadet served capacities fleet including december serving executive officer battleship sms later assigned chief administrative department capacity began work closely admiral promoted state secretary navy responsible drafting legislation fleet laws laws period senior members naval command worked repeatedly break industry means costs low stable firm proved resistant efforts krupp held near monopoly armor plating large caliber guns proved powerful effectively pressure promoted rear admiral vice admiral years later elevated nobility allowed add von rose rank admiral deputy july crisis instigated world war temporarily acting state secretary away summer home capacity endorsed blank check kaiser extended austria-hungary aftermath assassination serbian terrorists previous month regard deepening crisis stated swords poisonous ink europe tear pieces serbia world war late august fallen ill requested retirement navy agreed remain post november march recalled service replaced views naval war unpopular state secretary navy point pushed submarine warfare order break western chancellor fearing war united_states relieved command secured support brought retirement position state secretary decidedly weaker tenure large course war surface fleet policy advocated admiral later serve deputy stated navy position purely administrative longer plays leading role initially opposed submarine warfare group senior officers led commander high_seas_fleet admiral convinced change mind turn worked convince permit return submarine warfare january germany resumed boat campaign britain february congress voted declare war germany april agreed resume boat campaign believe submarines replaced battleship decisive naval weapon arguing february new battleship construction design stopped order costs announced navy build ships long tons short tons displacement draft excess maximum dimensions existing larger designs require expensive channels new docks february design work new class battleships ground halt far war boat arm absorbed limited production capabilities navy advocated contracts ottoman_empire germany wartime ally secured contracts torpedo boats boats naval construction program skilled workers army order preserve expertise navy needs august banned socialist literature fleet aftermath disturbances october speech accused radical independent branch supporting revolutionary actions drove moderate members closer radical independent faction led chancellor replaced january awarded pour germany highest military award august group prominent commanders high_seas_fleet convinced senior officers naval high command needed replaced dynamic individuals end requested resignation admiralty chief head naval cabinet resigned navy october shortly end war deputy briefly replaced forced opposition time promoted chief naval staff testified war failures committee tenure state secretary war particularly relating boat campaign britain died february decorations awards order 1st class crown 1st class prussia pour january knight 1st 2nd class service award prussia military 1st class hamburg commander second class commander honorary grand cross house merit order friedrich august cross 1st class albert order golden star swords
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