Erich Gröner (born 16 March 1901, Berlin; died 21 June 1965) was a German historian of naval warfare and shipbuilding.

Early life and education

Erich Gröner was born on 16 March 1901 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

, then capital of the German Empire. From 1910 to 1918, he attended the He published his first treatise, ''A History of Maritime Trade and Sea War Shipping'', at 15 years of age. Gröner enlisted voluntarily into the ''

Kaiserliche Marine {{italic title The adjective ''kaiserlich'' means "imperial" and was used in the German-speaking countries to refer to those institutions and establishments over which the ''Kaiser'' ("emperor") had immediate personal power of control. The term wa ...

'' in 1918.

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* 1901 births 1965 deaths Writers from Berlin Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I Reichsmarine personnel German mechanical engineers German opinion journalists German naval historians Engineers from Berlin {{Germany-historian-stub