In September 1917 Grand Admiral Tirpitz became a co-founder of the Pan-Germanic and nationalist  Fatherland Party (Deutsche Vaterlandspartei).
The party was organised jointly by Heinrich Claß, Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim, Tirpitz as chairman and Wolfgang Kapp as his deputy.
The party attracted the opponents of a negotiated peace; it organised opposition to the parliamentary majority in the Reichstag, which was seeking peace negotiations.
It sought to bring together outside parliament all parties on the political right, which had not previously been done.
At its peak, in the summer of 1918, the party had around 1,250,000 members.
It proposed both Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff as "people's emperors" of a military state whose legitimacy was based on war and on war aims instead of on the parliamentary government of the Reich.
Internally, there were calls for a coup d'etat against the German government, to be led by Hindenburg and Ludendorff, even against the Emperor if necessary.
Tirpitz's experience with the Navy League and with mass political agitation convinced him that the means for a coup was at hand.

Tirpitz considered that one of the main aims of the war must be annexation of new territory in the west, to allow Germany to develop into a world power.
This meant holding the Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, with an eye to the main enemy, the United Kingdom.
He proposed a separate peace treaty with Russia, giving them access to the ocean.
Germany would be a great  continental state but could maintain its world position only by expanding world trade and continuing the fight against the UK.
He complained of indecision and ambiguity in German policy, humanitarian ideas of self-preservation, a policy of appeasement of neutrals at the expense of vital German interests, and begging for peace.
He called for vigorous warfare without regard for diplomatic and commercial consequences and supported the most extreme use of weapons, especially unrestricted submarine warfare.

The Fatherland Party had ceased its operations by February 1919.

From 1908 to 1918 Tirpitz served as a member of the Prussian House of Lords.
In September 1917 Grand Admiral Tirpitz became a co-founder of the Pan-Germanic and nationalist  Fatherland Party (Deutsche Vaterlandspartei). The party was organised jointly by Heinrich Claß, Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim, Tirpitz as chairman and Wolfgang Kapp as his deputy. The party attracted the opponents of a negotiated peace; it organised opposition to the parliamentary majority in the Reichstag, which was seeking peace negotiations. It sought to bring together outside parliament all parties on the political right, which had not previously been done. At its peak, in the summer of 1918, the party had around 1,250,000 members. It proposed both Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff as "people's emperors" of a military state whose legitimacy was based on war and on war aims instead of on the parliamentary government of the Reich. Internally, there were calls for a coup d'etat against the German government, to be led by Hindenburg and Ludendorff, even against the Emperor if necessary. Tirpitz's experience with the Navy League and with mass political agitation convinced him that the means for a coup was at hand.
Tirpitz considered that one of the main aims of the war must be annexation of new territory in the west, to allow Germany to develop into a world power. This meant holding the Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend, with an eye to the main enemy, the United Kingdom. He proposed a separate peace treaty with Russia, giving them access to the ocean. Germany would be a great  continental state but could maintain its world position only by expanding world trade and continuing the fight against the UK. He complained of indecision and ambiguity in German policy, humanitarian ideas of self-preservation, a policy of appeasement of neutrals at the expense of vital German interests, and begging for peace. He called for vigorous warfare without regard for diplomatic and commercial consequences and supported the most extreme use of weapons, especially unrestricted submarine warfare.
The Fatherland Party had ceased its operations by February 1919.
From 1908 to 1918 Tirpitz served as a member of the Prussian House of Lords.
Alfred von Tirpitz