Imperial German Navy (Discord: Map Game)

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The Imperial German Navy (: Kaiserlich Marine, "Imperial Navy") is one of the three main branches of the armed forces of Germany (the other being the Imperial Army and Air Force), responsible for defending German territorial waters, transporting troops, and carrying out offensive operations against enemy fleets. It is the successor of the of the , the military of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It is still informally referred to as the German Navy (Deutsches Marine).
==History==
=== Origin ===
:For the full history, see 
=== New Reich ===
== Organization ==
Overall, the Navy is administered by three organizations: the Admiralty Staff (Admiralstab), responsible for tactical and long-term strategic planning, as well as intelligence; the Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarineamt), which functioned as a naval ministry; and the Naval Cabinet (Marinekabinett), which oversaw supply, management of munitions, and training of officers.
Major formation 	Area of operations/role 	HQ
Home Fleet (Heimatflotte) 	North German coastline, training and replacement crews	Lubeck
High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) 	North and Baltic Seas 	Kiel
Mediterranean Division (Mediterranean Division)	Mediterranean Sea 	Genova
East Asia Squadron (Ostasiengeschwader) 	South China Sea and surrounding area 	Saigon
The Imperial Navy also possessed marines, which were known as sea battalions (Seebataillon).
== Notable ships ==
== Notes ==
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