Karl  Donitz

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   * 16th September 1891

   + 24th December 1980


Commands through WWI:
UC 25 (03.1918 - 09.1918)
UB 68 (09.1918 - 10.1918)

Awards:
Knight's Cross (21.04.1940)
Oak Leaves (06.04.1943)

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Grossadmiral Donitz was German naval commander, Commander-in-Chief of the German U-boats, in the final days of the II.World war he was named by Adolf Hitler as his successor.