Karl Dönitz

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German military personnel admiral head of state human naval officer

Karl Dönitz was a German admiral who led the U-boat campaign in World War II and briefly served as Nazi Germany’s last head of state after Hitler’s death.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Admiral Karl Dönitz government 1
Dönitz 1
President of Germany (Karl Dönitz) 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military personnel ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
convictedOf crimes against peace ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-09-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-12-24 ⓘ
familyName Karl Dönitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dönitz
givenName Karl ⓘ
hasOccupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
memberOf Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaryBranch Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Reichsmarine ⓘ
militaryRank Grand Admiral ⓘ
Großadmiral ⓘ
name Karl Dönitz self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: U-boat campaign of World War II
participantIn Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Nuremberg trials ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: U-boat campaign of World War II
placeOfBirth Berlin ⓘ
Friedenau ⓘ
surface form: Grünau
placeOfDeath Aumühle ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
placeOfDetention Spandau Prison ⓘ
positionHeld Kriegsmarine High Command ⓘ
surface form: Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote

Commander of submarines of the Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Großadmiral ⓘ
surface form: Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine

President of the Flensburg Government ⓘ
Reich President of Germany ⓘ
head of state of Nazi Germany ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sentence 10 years imprisonment ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Atlantic → commandedBy → Karl Dönitz ⓘ
Karl Dönitz → familyName → Karl Dönitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dönitz
this entity surface form: President of Germany (Karl Dönitz)
Karl Dönitz → name → Karl Dönitz self-link ⓘ
Kriegsmarine → notableCommander → Karl Dönitz ⓘ
Wehrmacht → notableCommander → Karl Dönitz ⓘ
Nuremberg Prison → notableInmate → Karl Dönitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral Karl Dönitz government