Karl Dönitz

(1891-1980)

German Navy Officer, Admiral and supreme commander of the German Navy, head of state and Chief German Wehrmacht Military and convicted Nazi war criminal

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Karl Dönitz (16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German grand admiral and convicted war criminal who, following Adolf Hitler's suicide, succeeded him as head of state of Nazi Germany during the Second World War in April 1945. He held the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies weeks later. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of the war.

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Born	16 September 1891 Grunau, Germany
Died	22 December 1980 (aged 89) Aumuhle, Germany
Zodiac	Virgo
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