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Admiral Holtzendorff claimed that unrestricted submarine warfare would starve the British into submission within five months, well before the Americans could act. And even if the "disogranized and undisciplined" [[United States|Americans]] did intervene, he assured Wilhelm II, "I give your Majesty my word as an officer, that not one American will land on the Continent." |
Admiral Holtzendorff claimed that unrestricted submarine warfare would starve the British into submission within five months, well before the Americans could act. And even if the "disogranized and undisciplined" [[United States|Americans]] did intervene, he assured Wilhelm II, "I give your Majesty my word as an officer, that not one American will land on the Continent." |
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*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/holtzendorffmemo.htm Notes on the memo and translation into English] |
*[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/holtzendorffmemo.htm Notes on the memo and translation into English] |
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Revision as of 19:57, 24 August 2008
Henning von Holtzendorff (January 9, 1853 - June 7, 1919) was a German admiral during World War I who became famous for his memo to Kaiser Wilhelm II about unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom. He received the Pour le Mérite in 1917 and was made a Grand Admiral in 1918.
Admiral Holtzendorff claimed that unrestricted submarine warfare would starve the British into submission within five months, well before the Americans could act. And even if the "disogranized and undisciplined" Americans did intervene, he assured Wilhelm II, "I give your Majesty my word as an officer, that not one American will land on the Continent."
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