Karl Dönitz (German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German naval officer and politician who, following the suicide of Adolf Hitler during the Second World …

Dec 20, 2025 · Karl Dönitz (born September 16, 1891, Grünau-bei-Berlin, Germany—died December 24, 1980, Aumühle, West Germany) was a German naval officer and creator of …

Karl Dönitz was an unusual choice to succeed Hitler. He was a gifted naval officer and a devoted Nazi, but he had come up through the ranks of the military, not the Nazi party, unlike other …

Jan 19, 2025 · Karl Dönitz was released on October 1st, 1956 and he and his wife retired to the village of Aumühle, near Hamburg in northern Germany. Here he wrote the books "Zehn Jahre …

Karl Dönitz © Dönitz was a German naval officer and the creator of Germany's World War Two U-boat fleet. He also briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as German head of state in the last months of...

Oct 21, 2017 · Karl Donitz, the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine (Navy of the Third Reich), served as the last president of Nazi Germany. He was also the creator of the Reich’s …

2nd May 1945: Karl Doenitz, German politician and naval commander, taking over as Fuhrer after Hitler's death. He was responsible for the final surrender to the allies.

Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation: [ˈdøːnɪts]) (September 16, 1891 – December 24, 1980) was a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was …

In 1935, Dönitz was appointed as the Commander of the U-Boat fleet and played a crucial role in developing Germany's submarine warfare capabilities. He advocated for targeting enemy …

Admiral Karl Dönitz was in charge of Germany's devastating submarine fleets that sunk millions of tons of Allied shipping