Erich Gröner

{{Short description|German naval historian}}

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Erich Gröner (16 March 1901, in Berlin – 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, then capital of the German Empire. From 1910 to 1918, he attended the {{ill|Käthe-Kollwitz Gymnasium (Berlin)|de|Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium (Berlin)|lt=Käthe-Kollwitz Gymnasium}} 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 in 1918.

Citations

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Bibliography

  • {{cite journal|last1=Keil |first1=Thomas A. |last2=Schenk |first2=Peter|year=2006|title=Dr. Dieter Jung (1933–2006) and the "Groener Circle" in Berlin|journal=Warship International|volume=XLIII|issue=3|pages=311–326 |issn=0043-0374|name-list-style=amp}}

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Category:1901 births

Category:1965 deaths

Category:Writers from Berlin

Category:Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I

Category:Reichsmarine personnel

Category:German mechanical engineers

Category:German opinion journalists

Category:German naval historians

Category:Engineers from Berlin

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