I've been doing a lot of thinking about the KM lately and am getting less, not more, illuminated on the subject the more information I absorb. I want to unravel it to find out how it worked to locate any good PoDs.
The Kaiser was CinC, to him reported:
Naval Cabinet
Admiralty Staff
Inspector General of the Navy
The Baltic Naval Station
The North Sea Naval Station
The High Seas Fleet
The Overseas Squadrons
The Chancellor was responsible for:
Imperial Naval Administration
Once the war started:
Prince Heinrich was made CinC of the Baltic, as well as retaining the post of Inspector General of the Navy.
Marine Korps Flandern was created with equal status to the Baltic and North Sea Naval Sations.
So WTF does all this mean?
Why did the Chief of Admiraly Staff Pohl succeed Commander of HSF Ingenohl?
Did Prince Heinrich command the Baltic Fleet and the Baltic Naval Station as CinC of the Baltic?
Was there a CinC of the North Sea?
Did the Baltic and North Sea stations command destroyer/uboat/Torpedoboat flotillas like the Marine Korps Flandern did, or were they local defence forces only, with the Baltic and High Seas Fleets commanding the ships/uboats?
The Kaiser was CinC, to him reported:
Naval Cabinet
Admiralty Staff
Inspector General of the Navy
The Baltic Naval Station
The North Sea Naval Station
The High Seas Fleet
The Overseas Squadrons
The Chancellor was responsible for:
Imperial Naval Administration
Once the war started:
Prince Heinrich was made CinC of the Baltic, as well as retaining the post of Inspector General of the Navy.
Marine Korps Flandern was created with equal status to the Baltic and North Sea Naval Sations.
So WTF does all this mean?
Why did the Chief of Admiraly Staff Pohl succeed Commander of HSF Ingenohl?
Did Prince Heinrich command the Baltic Fleet and the Baltic Naval Station as CinC of the Baltic?
Was there a CinC of the North Sea?
Did the Baltic and North Sea stations command destroyer/uboat/Torpedoboat flotillas like the Marine Korps Flandern did, or were they local defence forces only, with the Baltic and High Seas Fleets commanding the ships/uboats?