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Karl Dönitz (German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German navy officer who, following Adolf Hitler's suicide, succeeded him as head of state of Nazi Germany in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
Cropped portrait of German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. Image cropped and subjected to the following changes (decreased brightness, increased contrast) by Emiya1980 before reuploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
The rank of Grossadmiral (Grand admiral) was introduced in 1905 as the naval equivalent to the five-star rank of the Generalfeldmarschall (general field marshal) OF-10 in Heer (en: Army). Hans von Koester was the first German flag officer to hold this rank. Wilhelm II. would wear the uniform of a Großadmiral on occasions. Since as Emperor he ...
Representing defendant Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz Otto Heinrich Kranzbühler (also spelled Kranzbuehler , German pronunciation: [ˈɔtoː ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈkʁantsˌbyːlɐ] ; 8 July 1907 – 9 August 2004) was a German naval judge who represented defendant Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz before the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg ...
It was headed by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk as the Leading Minister. The administration was referred to as the "Flensburg Government" because Dönitz's command relocated to Flensburg in northern Germany near the Danish border on 3 May 1945. [1]
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) [1] was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II and was convicted of war crimes after the war. He attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral , in 1939.
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A "special grade" was issued to Admiral Karl Dönitz which was basically a standard U-Boat badge with diamonds; however it was hand crafted and considered much more valuable than the standard design. Destroyer War Badge with diamonds: A single example of this badge was manufactured but it was never awarded.