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2 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · The Wolfpack tactics, developed by German Admiral Karl Dönitz, were a revolutionary approach to submarine warfare. Instead of operating individually, U-boats were organized into packs, or ‘Wolfpacks’, of four to six submarines.
2 days ago · The Wiener Holocaust Library is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era and genocide. The Library’s unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony.
10 hours ago · The military leaders were Hermann Göring—the most infamous surviving Nazi —Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, and Karl Dönitz.
5 days ago · Hitler named Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Himmler met Dönitz in Flensburg and offered himself as second-in-command. He maintained that he was entitled to a position in Dönitz's interim government as Reichsführer-SS , believing the SS would be in a good position to restore and maintain order after the war.
5 days ago · The former head of the German navy, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz was surprisingly named “President of Germany” in Hitler's last will. Losing his trust in Goering at the last minute, the Führer excluded him from his succession and nominated Dönitz instead.
6 days ago · COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police released body camera video on Thursday, showing the tense moments officers confront a man accused of stabbing three people on the east side of Columbus.
