![]() During the Cold War all of the German Navy's combat vessels were assigned to NATO's Allied Forces Baltic Approaches's naval command NAVBALTAP. ![]() In the same year the East German Volkspolizei See (literally People's Police Sea) became the Volksmarine (People's Navy). In 1956, with West Germany's accession to NATO, the Bundesmarine (Federal Navy), as the navy was known colloquially, was formally established. This group of former Kriegsmarine officers acting as historical and tactical consultants to the Americans, was significant in establishing a German element in the NATO senior naval staff. Also, from 1949 to 1952 the US Navy had maintained the Naval Historical Team in Bremerhaven. Founded on 14 June 1848 by the orders of the democratically elected Frankfurt Parliament, the Reichsflotte's brief existence ended with the failure of the revolution and it was disbanded on 2 April 1852 thus, the modern day navy celebrates its birthday on 14 June.Ī sailor of the West German Navy during the 1970sīetween May 19, the German Mine Sweeping Administration and its successor organizations, made up of former members of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (War Navy), became something of a transition stage for the navy, allowing the future Marine to draw on recently experienced personnel upon its formation. The Reichsflotte was the first German navy to sail under the black-red-gold flag. ![]() ![]() The German Navy traces its roots back to the Reichsflotte (Imperial Fleet) of the revolutionary era of 1848–52. Further information: Naval history of World War II ![]()
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