Floty niemieckie w XX stuleciu. Od Kaiserliche Marine do Deutsche Marine
German Fleets in the 20th Century. From Kaiserliche Marine to Deutsche Marine
Author(s): Roman KochnowskiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Military history, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Germany; navy; armed forces; history; NATO; GDR; FRG
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the development of German States’ fleets in the 20thcentury. It shows their evolution over the last one hundred years. The author focuses on the evolution of the place and role of the German Fleet from the Imperial Navy up to the contemporary Deutsche Marine, which concentrates on performing the tasks of joint forces within NATO. It also shows GDR and FRG fleets during the division of Germany. Contemporary German fleet and the FRG’s armed forces in general are rather modest compared to the economic capacities of today’s Germany. This situation coincides with an atmosphere of increasing pacifism that permeates the German society.
Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
- Issue Year: 357/2015
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 207-228
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English, Polish