Historical place archive

Wilhelmshaven in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wilhelmshaven in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1915–1939

Historical events in Wilhelmshaven

1915

23 January 1915
Dogger Bank Patrol Ordered
Friedrich von Ingenohl · World War, 1st

Ingenohl orders Hipper's scouting force toward Dogger Bank to attack British fishing vessels and patrols.

1939

21 August 1939
Graf Spee Departs Wilhelmshaven for Atlantic Patrol
Hans Langsdorff · World War, 2nd

Langsdorff takes Admiral Graf Spee to sea before the outbreak of war, heading for a waiting area in the South Atlantic.

Provenance

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