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The seven-month deployment of the German Navy Frigate FGS Bayern (F217) was a success despite COVID-19 and challenges from a lengthy underway, the frigate’s commanding officer said. Bayern‘s ...
A German navy officer is currently underway on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) as part of the Personnel Exchange Program (PEP). Lt. Maik Welk, from Rostarch ...
German Navy Chief Out After Saying Putin Just Needs Some Respect READ THE ROOM Navy Chief Kay-Achim Schoenbach started a diplomatic row with his comments about Russia, Ukraine, and the Crimea ...
Germany’s top naval officer stepped down Saturday following comments he made about Russia, including a call to show respect to Russian President Vladimir Putin and claiming Ukraine would never ...
Ukraine summoned the German ambassador in Kyiv earlier Saturday to protest the remarks by Navy Inspector Kay-Achim Schoenbach, who also said Crimea would never return to Ukraine after its ...
A former German officer who helped save Bordeaux's port from destruction by Nazi forces in World War II has died. Henri Salmide, born Heinz Stahlschmidt, died Tuesday at the age of 92, said the ...
A German Navy officer was airlifted from a naval ship in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast following a medical emergency, the Indian Navy said on Friday.
This officer became the Navy’s first POW to receive the Medal of Honor. ... May 31, 1918, by German U-Boat 90, oil on canvas painting by Edmund Sears Sayer; 1937. A passenger liner before the ...
The Treaty of Versailles blocked the German Navy from having submarines and limited the number of officers to 1,500. One of those officers was U-boat skipper Karl Dönitz.
The German fleet was escorted into the Firth of Forth Ten days after the Armistice ended the fighting in World War One, the British navy celebrated a decisive victory without a shot being fired ...