Kriegsmarine
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The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire and the inter-war Reichsmarine of the Weimar Republic. Wikipedia
Branch: Wehrmacht
Disbanded: 20 September 1945; 78 years ago
Engagements: Spanish Civil War (1936–1939); World War II (1939–1945)
Founded: 21 May 1935; 88 years ago
Size: 810,000 peak in 1944; 1,500,000 (total 1939–45)