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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.
May 29, 2024 · 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 Germany’s World War II U-boat fleet who for a few days succeeded Adolf Hitler as German head of state.
Karl Dönitz (* 16. September 1891 in Grünau bei Berlin; † 24. Dezember 1980 in Aumühle) war ein deutscher Marineoffizier, ab Januar 1943 im Rang eines Großadmirals. Er war einer der 24 Angeklagten im Nürnberger Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher. Er wurde wegen Führens von Angriffskriegen und Kriegsverbrechen schuldig gesprochen und am 1.
Adolf Hitler was the man who led the Nazi party to power in Germany and created the Third Reich. He was Germany’s first Nazi dictator, but he was not its last. That ignominious distinction belongs to Admiral Karl Dönitz, Hitler’s handpicked successor. Karl Dönitz was an unusual choice to succeed Hitler.
From 1939, Karl Dönitz (1891–1980) was Commander of Germany's U-Boat fleet. In 1943, Dönitz was appointed Commander in Chief of the German War Navy. In May 1945, after Hitler committed suicide, Dönitz was appointed Reich President.
Karl Dönitz was a German admiral and played an important role in World War II. This biography profiles his childhood, early life, family, naval career, capture, imprisonment, and other facts.
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...
Karl Dönitz entered the German Imperial Navy in 1910 at the age of nineteen. Commissioned as an officer in 1913, he requested a transfer to the submarine force in 1916, passing out of submarine school in 1917. By 1918, he was the captain of U-68. His time in charge did not last long.
Nazi German defendants—including Grand Admirals Karl Dönitz (back row, far left) and Erich Raeder (next to Dönitz)—sit in the dock during the first and most well-known of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, which began on 20 November 1945.
When it became clear that Germany’s impending military and political collapse was unavoidable, Hitler wrote up a testament naming Admiral Karl Dönitz, the commander-in-chief of the German navy, his successor as Reich President; he then went on to commit suicide in his bunker on April 30, 1945.
