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2 days ago · Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
2 days ago · The commander of the German U-boats, Karl Dönitz, had his own opinions. In contrast with Hitler and Raeder, the chief of the German Navy, he judged that war with the UK was inevitable and that not a large surface fleet was needed, but that U-boats could defeat the British.
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4 days ago · The military leaders were Hermann Göring—the most infamous surviving Nazi —Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, and Karl Dönitz.
Jul 8, 2024 · Karl Dönitz, in his memoirs "Ten Years and Twenty Days," skillfully exploited anti-communist sentiment in the post-war period, presenting himself as a committed military man who had served under Hitler despite his past associations.
4 days ago · By the spring of 1941, under the guidance of Admiral Karl Dönitz, the U-boat commanders were changing their tactic of individual operation to one of wolf-pack attacks: groups of U-boats, disposed in long lines, would rally when one of them by radio signaled a sighting and overwhelm the convoy by weight of numbers. Between July and December ...
2 days ago · As Soviet troops entered Berlin and the Battle of Berlin raged on, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in April 1945. (more) See all videos for this article. Although there had been talk of the creation of a national redoubt in Bavaria, the birthplace of the Nazi Party, Hitler refused to leave Berlin.
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Jul 6, 2024 · Die nachfolgende Übersicht beinhaltet alle 863 (inklusive der acht ausländischen sowie der Aberkennung der Nr. 157) in der Literatur erwähnten Träger des Eichenlaubs zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes. Mindestverleihungsvoraussetzung für das Eichenlaub war die vorherige Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes.
