Erich Gröner (16 March 1901, in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

– 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

, then capital of the

German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...

. 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 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 was used partic ...

'' 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