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DönitzA career naval officer, Dönitz was a submarine officer in the Kriegsmarine [German Navy] at the outbreak of World War II and became Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine in January 1943. Following Adolf Hitler's suicide on April 30, 1945, Donitz succeeded Hitler as the German head of state. On May 7, he ordered Alfred Jodl to sign the Allied [..]
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