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Hugo von Pohl
(25.08.1855 - 23.02.1916)
place of birth: Breslau, Niederschlesien (Wroclaw,
PO)
Königreich
Preußen: Chef
des Admiralstabes, Admiral
Imperial
German naval officer Hugo von Pohl served as Chief of the Admiralty Staff
during the first few months of the Great War. In 1915, Admiral von Pohl replaced von
Ingenohl as Germany's High Seas Fleet Commander and immediately gave
orders for the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. Having fallen
seriously ill with cancer of the liver, he was replaced by Reinhard
Scheer in January 1916. A few weeks later, Admiral von Pohl died in
Berlin at 60 years of age. An Imperial Naval minesweeping vessel was
named in his honor in 1918.
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Admiral
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27.01.1913 |
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Admiralstabschef
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01.04.1913
- 01.02.1915 |
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