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| Affiliation | Independent |
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| Name | Karl Dönitz |
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Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein , Germany |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 16, 1891
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| Died | December 24, 1980
(89 years)
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| Contributor | Bob |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 03, 2023 08:43pm |
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| Info | Karl Dönitz was a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during the second half of World War II and was President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitler's suicide.
Dönitz was born in the suburb Grünau of Berlin. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in 1911. During World War I, he served on surface ships before transferring to submarines. He remained in the navy after the war's conclusion and rose in the ranks of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine, becoming a Großadmiral and serving as Commander of Submarines (Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote, B.d.U.) and later Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine) despite never joining the Nazi Party. Under his command, the U-boat fleet fought the Battle of the Atlantic. He also served as Reichspräsident for 23 days following Adolf Hitler's suicide. He ended the war a prisoner-of-war of the British.
After the war he was charged and convicted of "crimes against peace" and "war crimes" and served ten years. By ordering the unrestricted submarine warfare conducted by Germany in the North Atlantic, he caused Germany to be in breach of the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936. However as evidence of similar conduct by the Allies was presented at his trial, his sentence was not assessed on the grounds of this breach of international law.[1][2] On his repatriation he moved to a small village near Hamburg. During his later years, he wrote two autobiographies covering different periods in his life. He died of a heart attack on Christmas Eve, 1980.
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