Alfred von Tirpitz
A shrewd naval strategist, Haus recognized that the real value of his battle fleet lay in maintaining its existence as a fleet in being to counter the threat of the Allied powers. His strategy received severe German criticism, but he was strongly supported by his own high command, including the "Marineinspekteur", Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria. Like his German counterpart, Alfred von Tirpitz, Haus favored unrestricted submarine warfare.