The Archive · 1936

German Fleet Reviewed by Hark Hitler

Berlin, May 29.

Germany's most powerful fleet sine the War will pass in review to-day before the Chancellor, Herr Adolf Hitler, in. commemoration of the Battle of Jutland.

Among the vessels to take part la the review are the three "pocket" battleships, the Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Grat Spee, two older battleships, four modern eruiser5, torpedo-beals, speed-boats and "To the thunder of a salute of 21 guns, which drowned the cheers the thousands lining the shores of Kiel Bay, the Reichsfihrer yesterday boarded the Admiral Grat Spee, the newest of Germany's "pocket" battle. ships, and put out to sea to watch the manceuvres. He was accompanied by Field-Marshal von Blomerg, Minister of War, and General-Admiral Erich Roeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

Meanwhile, Herr Hitler has decreed that on Saturday, when the naval war memorial is dedicated at Laboe, near Kiel, all naval stations and warships in home waters shall fly the old Imperial war flag—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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