Admiral Karl Dönitz

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun,_2nd_class
gptkb:Iron_Cross_1st_Class
gptkb:Iron_Cross_2nd_Class
gptkbp:birthDate 1891-09-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Grünau,_German_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Aumühle,_Germany
gptkbp:causeOfDeath myocardial infarction
gptkbp:children gptkb:Klaus_Dönitz
gptkb:Peter_Dönitz
gptkb:Ursula_Dönitz
gptkbp:convictedOf war crimes
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-12-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Aumühle,_West_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Karl Dönitz
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:Spandau_Prison
1946
1956
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkb:German_Navy
U-boat arm (U-Bootwaffe)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkb:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(WWII)
gptkbp:notableFor Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine
Commander of German U-boat fleet
President of Germany (Flensburg Government)
developed wolfpack tactics for U-boats
last President of Nazi Germany
oversaw German surrender in WWII
served in World War I and World War II
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Memoirs:_Ten_Years_and_Twenty_Days
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Adolf_Hitler_(as_head_of_state)
gptkbp:rank Großadmiral (Grand Admiral)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:serviceYears 1910–1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ingeborg_Weber
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Karl_Arnold_(as_President_of_the_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_parliament)
gptkbp:termEnd 1945-05-23
gptkbp:termStart 1945-04-30
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Drumbeat
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6