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Karl Dönitz

1891 - 1980

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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. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of World War II. He began his career in the Imperial German Navy before World War I. In 1918, he was commanding UB-68, and was taken prisoner of war by British forces. As commander of UB-68, he attacked a convoy in the Mediterranean while on patrol near Malta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Dönitz has received more than 8,601,992 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Karl Dönitz is the 6th most popular military personnel, the 28th most popular biography from Germany (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular German Military Personnel.

Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine from 1943 to 1945. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. His most famous accomplishment is being the last German head of state in World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Dönitz ranks 6 out of 2,058. Before him are Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Timur, Joan of Arc, and Charles de Gaulle. After him are Erwin Rommel, Charles Martel, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Spartacus, Adolf Eichmann, and Oda Nobunaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Karl Dönitz ranks 1. After him are Erwin Rommel, Antonio Gramsci, B. R. Ambedkar, Sergei Prokofiev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Walter Model, Max Ernst, Nelly Sachs, Edith Stein, James Chadwick, and John Howard Northrop. Among people deceased in 1980, Karl Dönitz ranks 3. Before him are Josip Broz Tito, and Jean-Paul Sartre. After him are Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, Jean Piaget, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Bon Scott, Oskar Kokoschka, and Steve McQueen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Dönitz ranks 28 out of 7,253. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Frederick the Great (1712), Robert Schumann (1810), Friedrich Engels (1820), Max Planck (1858), and Johannes Brahms (1833). After him are Anne Frank (1929), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Martin Heidegger (1889), Hermann Hesse (1877), Franz Beckenbauer (1945), and Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Karl Dönitz ranks 1. After him are Erwin Rommel (1891), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Erich von Manstein (1887), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Arminius (-17), Heinz Guderian (1888), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Michel Ney (1769), Baron Munchausen (1720), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), and Ernst Röhm (1887).

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