Contains among other things: Chief of the Admiral Staff to Reich Chancellor concerning intensification of the U-boat Trade War, 15.5.1916 battle report of the battle cruiser "Von der Tann" about naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, 8.6.1916 draft of an instruction manual for the case of internment of war vehicles, 18.6.1916 immediate report about experiences of the naval decoding service in the naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, 26.6.1916 "Record about the continuation of the [submarine] trade war", 27.6.1916 "Compilation of the cases in which hostile submarines acted contrary to international law against hospital ships and merchant ships of the Central Powers", 28.6.1916 Immediatbericht betr. Activity of the submarines in connection with the fleet advance to the naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, with marginal remarks of Kaiser Wilhelm II, 26.6.1916 Suggestion of Kaiser Wilhelm II, To use submarines for the procurement of raw materials, with letter of the Secretary of State of the Interior to Chief of the Naval Cabinet of 21.7.1916, 27.7.1916 Overview "State of the Airship and Aircraft Industry at the Outbreak of the War and on 15.7.1916", 25.7.1916 Recruitment of naval officers for submarines and aviation from the fleet; authority of the Chief of the Admiral Staff to issue orders "on the highest order", 27.7.1916 Successes of the submarines of the high seas armed forces and the naval corps since order of 24.4.1916, to wage a commercial war with submarines only according to Prisenordnung, 23.7.1916 Compilation of the "German [merchant] ships lost in the Baltic Sea since the beginning of the war due to mines and submarines", after 19.6.1916 overviews of the stock of submarines on 23.7. and 1.8.1916 as well as the state of readiness of the high seas armed forces on 28.7. and 7.8.1916 "Compilation of the news about the closure of the English Channel by the English in Aug. 1916 1916", 23.7.1916 Correspondence and minutes concerning the fight against allied transport traffic in the English Channel, Aug. and 17.9.1916 Deputy Chief of the Admiral Staff concerning the arming of enemy and neutral merchant ships as well as the use of radio communication equipment in neutral ports, 8.8.1916 Treatment of Swedish merchant ships by "UB 20" in the Gulf of Bothnia, 7. and 17.8.1916 "Successes of the submarines during their military use in July/Aug. 1916", 12.8.1916 Closure of the cog gutter and extension of the so-called timber agreement with Sweden, 20.9.1916 Compilation of the losses and damages caused by mines on the North Sea war scene, 1.7.-16.9.1916, 18.9.1916 regrouping of the linen ships (new formation of the IV. squadron), 1.10.1916 Report of the commander of the auxiliary ship "Rubens" sent to Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1.10.1916 Military action against Denmark and the Netherlands, 20./21.10.1916 Navy activity on the Bulgarian and Romanian coast of the Black Sea, 25.10.1916 Takeover of the Greek fleet by the Allies, 24.10.1916 Record of the meeting of the Chief of Admiral Staff with First Quartermaster General on 20.11.1916 about war cases J u. K, , submarine-trading war according to Prisenordnung and treatment of armed merchant ships as warships Monthly compilation of the enemy's list destroyed by the Central Powers from the beginning of the war to 30.9.1916 Merchant ships Compilation of the merchant ships sunk by submarines in Oct. 1916 and information about merchant ships that could have been destroyed in a reckless warfare War case J against Denmark, 22.11.1916

History of the Inventory Designer: Skl = Operations Department of the Naval Command Office, Chief of the Authority was Chief of the Staff of the Naval War Command (Skl) from April 1, 1937. In this capacity, in 1938, the former naval intelligence department of the Naval Command Office was subordinated to him. In 1939 the Chief of Staff of the Skl handed over the leadership of the Naval Command Office. In 1939, as a result of the dissolution of the General Naval Office, the Nautical and Military Technical Division joined the Skl. From May 1, 1944, the Chief of the Staff of the Skl was known as the Chief of the Skl. Inventory Description: On April 1, 1937, the Chief of the Naval Command Office was given the additional service designation "Chief of the Staff of the Naval War Command (Skl)". Shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939, the Personalunion chief of the Naval Command Office/Head of the Naval Headquarters Staff was abolished. The Naval Command Office received its own Chief of Staff, who was subordinate to the Chief of Staff of the Skl. From 1.5.1944 the chief of the staff of the Skl led the service designation chief of the naval war management. The naval warfare management was the coordinating and decision-making body for all areas of naval warfare. She was in charge of operational and strategic warfare. It dealt with armaments and personnel matters, tactical problems, questions of ship readiness, equipment and supplies, questions of mine, air and land warfare as well as navigational and meteorological problems. The Skl was divided into the following sections: Chief of the Skl Staff (issued the operational guidelines and orders for the conduct of naval warfare and the deployment of naval forces); Chief of Naval Warfare; Operations Department (dealt with all areas related to the conduct of naval warfare and regulated the deployment of the Navy within the framework of the overall operations and ensured the operational cooperation of the Navy with the army and air force); U-boat department (was responsible for determining the military prerequisites and requirements for submarine construction, the establishment and training of submarine formations and crews, for the creation and design of submarine bases and escort ships as well as the submarine and anti-submarine defence); U-boat command and control department; naval intelligence department / naval intelligence department (was responsible for the entire naval intelligence service, d.h. for the securing of the intelligence connections, for the organisation and deployment of the intelligence service, for radio reconnaissance and radio measurement, as well as for the development, equipment and training of intelligence devices); intelligence evaluation department (collection and evaluation of all intelligence important for naval warfare and the resulting creation of the basis for enemy assessments by the operation group); locating service department (evaluation of operational experience, development, introduction and equipment of locating devices and systems); nautical department (head of the entire hydrographic and meteorological service). Characterisation of the contents: The main part of the tradition from the time after 1933 is the war diary of the Skl with its annexes, which, with a few exceptions, is completely preserved. The war diary records all essential events of the war events, also the land and air war. It also contains political and situation overviews and material on international law, propaganda and merchant shipping. Particularly noteworthy are the documents of the Operations Department and again those of Unit A (Operations of the Naval War, e.g. Case "Weser Exercise", case "Barbarossa", planning "Sea Lion", occupation of Denmark and Norway, attack on the Soviet Union, invasion 1944), of Unit I (International and Naval Law of War), of Unit L (Air Force Issues), of Unit M (work on the Mediterranean theatre of war, Balkans and the Black Sea), N (work on the theatre of war of the Group North, the Norwegian area and the operations spanning the Baltic Sea), and the W (work on the Western area, the Atlantic area and the French coastal forefield). The files of the Operations Department (e.g. case "Weser Exercise", occupation of Denmark) are relatively extensive. The material of the Merchant Shipping and Economic War group as well as of the General Department III (organisational and armament issues) are just as important as the files of the various departments of the Naval Intelligence Service. In addition there is also material about the Japanese Navy, the Spanish Civil War as well as about the cooperation with the Soviet Union, Italy and Spain. State of development: Findbuch, Datenbank Umfang, Erläuterung: Bestand ohne Zuwachs 152 lfm 3125 AE Zitierweise: BArch, RM 7/...

Contains among other things: Question of the defence of Kiautschou and the participation of the cruiser squadron in it, Aug. 1914 The Dutch merchant ship "Tubantia" is seized and dismissed by Great Britain after 100 crates of Argentine gold were confiscated and destined for a German bank. 19./20.8.1914 Chief of the Admiral Staff concerning approval of the intention of the Chief of the Mediterranean Division to promote the war readiness of the Turkish Navy, 18.8.1914 question of the unhindered export of food by Denmark to Great Britain, Aug. 1914 formation of the commanders and chiefs of the ships and boats as well as the associations of the light naval forces. Druck, Aug. 1914 Return of Italians living in Germany to their homeland, 21.8.1914 Difficulties with Vice Admiral v. Usedom as chief of the German naval mission in Turkey, 22.8.1914 Question of the publication of the German losses in the sea battle near Helgoland on 28.8.1914 Postponement of airship attacks on England, 4.9.1914 Question of the laying of defensive mine barriers in the German Bight, Sept. 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II. Proposes the advance of 2-3 battle cruisers against the blockade line in the northern North Sea, 10. and 17.9.1914 Deputy Chief of Admiral Staff against early announcement of ship losses, 13. and 15.9.1914 Provision of a landing corps for deployment at Memel, Sept. 1914 Question of the radius of action of the submarines, Sept. 1914 Question of the blocking of the flint channel against the intrusion of British submarines into the Baltic Sea, Sept.Oct. 1914 Order of Emperor Wilhelm II to disrupt the troop transports in the English Channel by submarines, 2nd and 3rd October 1914 Question of a joint airship attack of army and navy on London, Oct. 1914