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Krupp and was
Representative of Germany's industry was the steel giant Krupp, whose first factory was built in Essen.
The leading firm was " Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp ," run by the Krupp family.
The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
In the 20th century the company was headed by Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ( 1870 – 1950 ), who assumed the surname of Krupp when he married the Krupp heiress, Bertha Krupp.
After Germany's defeat, Gustav was senile and incapable of standing trial, and the Nuremberg Military Tribunal convicted Alfried as a war criminal in the Krupp Trial for " plunder " and for his company's use of slave labor.
Friedrich spent a significant amount of time and money in the small, waterwheel-powered facility, neglecting other Krupp business, but in 1816 he was able to produce smelted steel.
Alfred Krupp ( born Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp ), son of Friedrich Carl, was born in Essen in 1812.
Krupp was able to sell, alternately, improved artillery and improved steel shielding to countries from Russia to Chile to Siam.
Krupp ’ s paternalist strategy was adoped by Bismarck as government policy, as a preventive against the Social Democratics.
Krupp was also held in high esteem by the kaiser, who dismissed Julius von Verdy du Vernois and his successor Hans von Kaltenborn for rejecting Krupp's design of the C-96 field gun, quipping, “ I ’ ve canned three War Ministers because of Krupp, and still they don ’ t catch on !”
His wife Bertha ( not to be confused with their granddaughter ), was unwilling to remain in polluted Essen in Villa Hügel, the ungainly but fireproof castle which Krupp designed.
In 1890 Krupp developed nickel steel, which was hard enough to allow thin battleship armor and cannon.
Kaiser Wilhelm II felt it was unthinkable for the Krupp firm to be run by a woman.
By imperial proclamation at the wedding, Gustav was given the additional surname " Krupp ," which was to be inherited by primogeniture along with the company.
In 1913 Germany jailed a number of military officers for selling secrets to Krupp, in what was known as the “ Kornwalzer scandal .” Gustav was not himself penalized and fired only a single director, Otto Eccius.
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, Krupp bought his villa Blühnbach, in Werfen in the Austrian Alps, and which was a former residence of the Archbishops of Salzburg.

Krupp and first
The Krupp family first appeared in the historical record in 1587, when Arndt Krupp joined the merchants ' guild in Essen.
In 1847 Krupp made his first cannon of cast steel.
After he became regent in 1859, Prussia bought its first 312 steel cannon from Krupp, which became the main arms manufacturer for the Prussian military.
In 1896 Krupp bought Germaniawerft in Kiel, which became Germany ’ s main warship builder, and built the first German U-Boat in 1906.
Although Krupp was a monarchist at heart, he cooperated with the Weimar Republic ; as a munitions manufacturer his first loyalty was to the government in power.
Krupp received its first order for 135 Panzer I tanks in 1933, and during WWII made tanks, artillery, naval guns, armor plate, munitions and other armaments for the German military.
Krupp Steel Works of Essen, Germany, manufactured the spherical pressure chamber of the dive vessel Trieste, the first vessel to take humans to the deepest known point in the oceans, accomplished in 1960.
The siege is also notable for the first use of anti-aircraft artillery, a Krupp piece built specifically to shoot down the hot air balloons being used by the French as couriers.
In Game 4, during the third overtime and after more than 100 minutes of play with no goals, defenseman Uwe Krupp scored to claim the franchise's first Stanley Cup.
In the first book, he gets hypnotized by George and Harold for being so mean to them and becomes the superhero Captain Underpants, with a flaw in their attempt to return him to normal resulting in him alternating between Captain Underpants and Mr. Krupp whenever someone snaps their fingers ( As Mr. Krupp ) and pours water over his head ( Captain Underpants ).
The introduction of Krupp armour in six inch thickness rendered the " armoured " protection scheme more effective for the largest first class cruisers, and no large first class protected cruisers were built after 1898.
Krupp was an avowed monarchist, but his first loyalty was to whoever held power.
The first raid destroys 53 buildings in the Krupp complex and destroys of Essen.
Krupp first investigated the possibility of building a 35-cm weapon, but instead jumped to 42-cm as this was the smallest shell that could carry the large bursting charge required to fulfil the APK's requirements.
Dinsmore Alter was the museum's director during its first years ; today, Dr. Ed Krupp is the director of the Observatory.
The first shot was fired from Kumkale by the Orhaniye Tepe battery's Krupp guns at 07: 58.
A three-class franchise system was also used for local elections in parts of Prussia, one result of which was that the industrialist Alfred Krupp was the only person able to vote for the electors in the first class in Essen.
* Initial Project The first known proposal for a Sturmgeschütz on the Panzer IV chassis is in Krupp drawing number W1468 dated February 1943.
" — Alfried Krupp, in Golo Mann's manuscript first published in < font id =" Footnote_1 ">( Friz 1988 )</ font >.
It was the first of three trials of leading industrialists of Nazi Germany ; the two others were the IG Farben Trial and the Krupp Trial.

Krupp and company
At his death twenty thousand people worked for Krupp — making it the world's largest industrial company and the largest private company in the German empire.
In 1943, by a special order from Hitler, the company reverted to a sole-proprietorship, with Gustav and Bertha's eldest son Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ( 1907 – 67 ) as proprietor.
In 1999, the Krupp Group merged with its largest competitor, Thyssen AG ; the combined company — ThyssenKrupp AG, became Germany's fifth-largest firm and one of the largest steel producers in the world.
In the Panic of 1873, Alfred continued to expand, including the purchase of Spanish mines and Dutch shipping, making Krupp the biggest company in Europe but nearly bankrupting it.
Essen became a large company town, and Krupp became a de facto state within a state, with " Kruppianer " as loyal to the company and the Krupp family as to the nation and the Hohenzollern family.
In 1921 Krupp bought Bofors in Sweden as a front company and sold arms to neutral nations including the Netherlands and Denmark.
In 1922, Krupp established Suderius AG in the Netherlands, as a front company for shipbuilding, and sold submarine designs to neutrals including the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Finland, and Japan.
The Krupp armaments company produced the torches in wood and metal, inspired by an olive leaf.
Bertha had inherited her family's company in 1902 at age 16 when her father, Friedrich Krupp, committed suicide.
After 1910, the Krupp company became a member and major funder of the Pan-German League ( Alldeutscher Verband ) which mobilised popular support in favour of two army bills, in 1912 and 1913, to raise Germany's standing army to 738, 000 men.
In the late 1880s, the German company Krupp was contracted by the Chinese government to build a series of fortifications around Port Arthur.
The company thrived with its new cost-effective production methods, forming alliances with the Consett Iron Company and Krupp.
The construction of the mine installations and a 300 km railway were commissioned to Krupp of Germany and the modern harbour terminal to SETH, a Portuguese company owned by Hojgaard & Schultz of Denmark.
In Germany, the bank was instrumental in the financing of bond offerings of steel company Krupp ( 1879 ) and introduced the chemical company Bayer to the Berlin stock market.

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