DOENITZ, KARL

dönˈĭts, 1891–1980, German admiral. He secretly planned a German submarine fleet in the years following the Treaty of Versailles, was given command of submarine operations by Adolf Hitler in 1935, and replaced Admiral Raeder in 1943 as chief naval commander. On the announcement (May 1, 1945) that Hitler was dead and had designated Doenitz his successor, the admiral formed a new cabinet and ordered the unconditional surrender (effective May 7) of Germany to the Allies. His government, at Kiel, was dissolved by the Allies. Doenitz was imprisoned (1946–56) for war crimes. His memoirs appeared in 1958 (tr. 1959).

See biography by P. Padfield (1984).

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books on: Doenitz Karl  - 126 results

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Memoirs, Ten Years and Twenty Days
Book by Karl Doenitz, R. H. Stevens; Da Capo Press, 1997
Subjects: Admirals--Germany--Biography, Donitz, Karl--1891-, Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Appearing between pages 224 and 225 Grand Admiral Doenitz Doenitz in 1917 as Watchkeeping Officer in U-39 Hitler, Doenitz and Goering Doenitz and Admiral Parona Doenitz and Prien Speer and Doenitz Doenitz reviewing...
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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Book by Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Dictionaries
...minister on 6 Nov 46. He died 2 July 49 in Moscow. DOENITZ, Karl. German admiral. 1891- 1980. From CinC U-boats...state. Born in Berlin-Gruenau on 16 Sep 91, Karl Doenitz came from a family of professional men. In 1910 he enlisted...
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Brown-, Green-, and Blue-Water Fleets: The Influence of Geography on Naval Warfare, 1861 to the Present
Book by Michael Lindberg, Daniel Todd; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Naval Art And Science--Effect Of Geography On--History--19th Century, Naval Art And Science--Effect Of Geography On--History--20th Century
...Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998). 67. Doenitz, Karl, Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days (New York: World...for safe passage on the surface at night either. 72. Doenitz, p. 365. 73. U-boats sank 95 Allied merchantmen...
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What Hitler Knew: The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy
Book by Zachary Shore; Oxford University Press, 2003
...1933. Dusseldorf, 1987. Bracher, Karl Dietrich, Manfred Funke, and Hans...Dusseldorf, 1992. Bracher, Karl Dietrich. The German Dictatorship...German Aggression. Oxford, 1990. Doenitz, Karl. Ten Years and 20 Days. London...
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Democracies at War
Book by Dan Reiter, Allan C. Stam; Princeton University Press, 2002
Subjects: Democracy, War
...December 1995 : 671 695. DeRouen, Karl R., Jr. Presidents and the Diversionary...44 June 2000 : 317 328. Deutsch, Karl. Political Community and the North...103 126. Boston: Kluwer, 1998. Doenitz, Karl. Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty...
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journal articles on: Doenitz Karl  - 9 results

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Airpower: a New Way of Warfare (Sea Control)
Journal article by Donald D. Chipman; Airpower Journal, Vol. 11, 1997
Subjects: Military air strikes, Military aircraft, Military history, Military strategy
...mid-Atlantic.29 At this point, acknowledged Adm Karl Doenitz, commander of all German U-boats, wolf-pack operations...permitted them to search a much greater area than a ship.32 Doenitz, however, redeployed his submarine forces into the...
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Executive Power V. International Law
Journal article by Robert J. Delahunty, John Yoo; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 30, 2006
Subjects: Customary law--Usage, Executive power--Laws, regulations and rules, International law--Interpretation and construction
...issue in the post-War Nuremberg Trial of German Admiral Karl Doenitz. Doenitzs counsel raised a "tu quoque" defense, introducing...came in, "it was as clear as clear could be that if Doenitz ... deserved to hang for sinking ships without warning...
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A War over Justice: an Interview with Marcel Ophuls
Journal article by Frank Manchel; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 6, 1978
Subjects: Books, Journalists, Motion pictures, Public television, War crimes
...length? Interesting question isnt it? You think its length? Manchel: No. Ophuls: No. In the interview with Admiral Karl Doenitz, my question about his having made an anti-semitic speech and whether he sees any connection between that anti...
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The Fog and Friction of Technology
Journal article by Jacob W. Kipp, Lester W. Grau; Military Review, Vol. 81, 2001
Subjects: Information technology, Military officers, Stress
...ciphers. Axis commanders who used coded signals to control tactical and operational forces met with disaster. Admiral Karl Doenitz, an experienced submariner and innovator, headed the German submarine arm. He massed his submarines into wolf packs...
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Major General Ramsay D. Potts: 1916-2006
Journal article by John H. Huston; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006
Subjects: Generals--Biography, Potts, Ramsay D.
...valuable in assisting in the interrogation of Nazi leaders, including Hermann Goering, Adolf Galland, Alfred Jodl, and Karl Doenitz. Although urged to remain in the active military, Colonel Potts chose to return to civilian life and in 1948 graduated...
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magazine articles on: Doenitz Karl  - 13 results

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The Fate of Hitler's Surrendered U-boats
Magazine article by Jacques Shreyvogel; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, July 2005
...evening of 4 May 1945, Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz - heir to the title of Nazi Germanys...fast advancing Russian armies. Doenitz dispatched anything that could float...order became effective on 9 May. Doenitz later commented that this last single...
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The U-boat That Got Away
Magazine article by Heinz Schaeffer; Sea Classics, Vol. 32, July 1999
...streets of Berlin, but Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz broadcast a proclamation saying...broadcasting? Surely not Adm. Doenitz, after all his fine words? No...with my officers. We knew that Doenitz had succeeded Hitler as head of...
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Stop the Seawolves!: the Last Major U-boat Battle of World War Two
Magazine article by Owen Gault; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, July 2005
...CINCLANT learned that German Adm. Karl Doenitz had indeed dispatched six of his...mission, they swore, was merely Doenitz last ditch attempt to harass American...it was U-881, sent solo by Doenitz from Norway on 8 April to reinforce...
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Nuremberg Remembered
Magazine article by Pete Brown; Contemporary Review, Vol. 267, November 1995
Subjects: Crimes against humanity--Moral and ethical aspects, Nuremberg War Crime Trials, 1946-1949--Evaluation, War crime trials--Analysis
...jawed, as if uneasy in strange surroundings. Admiral Karl Doenitz, former Chief of the U-boat flotillas, then Commander...prison terms ranging from ten to twenty years including Doenitz, who received ten years after being so stoutly defended...
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How the Navy Blitzed the Last of Hitler's Gruppe Seewulf
Magazine article by Robert McLaren; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, December 2009
...Seewulf were the U-805 and U-858. The plan of Gruppe Seewulf had failed. When the war ended 5 May 1945, Adm. Karl Doenitz radioed all U-boats to cease hostilities against Allied forces. On 12 May, U-805 radioed its position and the...
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newspaper articles on: Doenitz Karl  - 17 results

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Held to Account for War Crimes; Geordie Sailors Whose Ship Was Torpedoed by a U-Boat Were Calllously Photographed and Left to Die at Sea in 1940
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), July 16, 2011
Subjects: Doenitz, Karl, Hitler, Adolf
...As the evidence was read out, Doenitz crouched behind senior Nazi Hermann...British prosecuting team told how Doenitz built up the U-boat arm of the...kill any survivors CHIEF Admiral Karl Doenitz headed Hitlers Kriegsmachine SUNK...
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End of the War
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), May 3, 2005
Subjects: Doenitz, Karl
...already on their way to the capture of Berlin, the collapse of the Nazi regime was swift. Hitlers appointed successor, Admiral Karl Donitz, nominated as President of Germany, had vowed to his people to continue the fight, but was simply left to agree the...
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'The Cruel Sea' Still Has Riveting Story to Tell; Novel Follows Ship's Heroic Encounters vs. Germans
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 4, 2008
Subjects: Doenitz, Karl, Prime ministers
...Germany had just 57 submarines, of which fewer than half were long-range boats. One man was determined to change this. Adm. Karl Donitz, commander of the U-boat service, was a veteran submariner who was convinced that his submarines were capable of strangling...
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The Beginning of the End
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 6, 2005
Subjects: Doenitz, Karl
...Berlin, the collapse of the Nazi regime and its promised Thousand Year Reich was swift. Hitlers appointed successor, Admiral Karl Donitz, nominated as President of Germany, had vowed to his people to continue the fight, but was left to agree the terms...
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Britain Feared Russia out to Snatch Nazis Speer
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 23, 2000
Subjects: Donitz, Karl
...August 20 that Albert Speer and Karl Doenitz could not be allowed to fall into...afford to allow either Speer or Doenitz to escape to or fall into Russian...administrative and political influence. Doenitz would be important to the Russians...
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encyclopedia articles on: Doenitz Karl  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Doenitz, Karl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DOENITZ, KARL don its, 1891 1980, German admiral...that Hitler was dead and had designated Doenitz his successor, the admiral formed a new...at Kiel, was dissolved by the Allies. Doenitz was imprisoned (1946 56) for war crimes...
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Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Germany Hitlers successor, Admiral Karl Doenitz , signed (May 7 8, 1945) an unconditional...Germans (including the philosopher Karl Jaspers and the historian Friedrich...1969), Walter Scheel (1974), Karl Carstens (1979), and Richard von...
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Ribbentrop, Joachim Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Poland that set off World War II. As foreign minister, he was subservient to Hitler. He was dismissed by Admiral Karl Doenitz after Hitlers death. At the war crimes trials at Nuremberg he was convicted as a war criminal and hanged...
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Raeder, Erich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...navy in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. He disagreed with Adolf Hitler on war strategy, and in 1943 Admiral Karl Doenitz succeeded him in command. Raeder was sentenced (1945) to life imprisonment as a war criminal but was released in...


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