Karl Dönitz

Biography

Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the World War II in April 1945. He held this position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government, about two weeks after Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies. 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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Awards & recognition

• ★Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty · 1944
• ★Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves · 1943
• ★Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross · 1940
• ★U-boat War Badge (1939) · 1940
• ★Sudetenland Medal · 1939