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    German Navy Officer, Admiral and supreme commander of the German Navy, head of state and Chief German Wehrmacht Military and convicted Nazi war criminal

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  2. Karl Doenitz: After Hitler’s rejection of the Versailles Treaty in 1935, Karl Doenitz was made commander of the submarine unit of the German navy (Germany was forbidden submarines by the treaty). By 1940 he had risen to the rank of Vice Admiral.

  3. Doenitz is charged with waging unrestricted submarine warfare contrary to the Naval Protocol of 1936 to which Germany acceded, and which reaffirmed the rules of submarine warfare laid down in the London Naval Agreement of 1930.

  4. Why was Karl Dönitz's prison sentence handed at Nuremberg relatively light compared to his fellow Nazis? He was sentenced to only 10 years, as opposed to much longer sentences handed to the other members of the Spandau Seven.

  5. Jan 7, 1981 · Convicted by the Nuremberg tribunal of war crimes and crimes against peace, Admiral Doenitz served a 10-year sentence, and then lived out his life in this handsome suburban village until his...

  6. The 22 German leaders who stood trial at Nuremberg beginning in November 1945 included Grand Admirals Erich Raeder and Karl Dönitz. In addition to conventional war crimes, for which they were separately charged, the admirals were accused of engaging in aggressive warfare.

  7. Why was Karl Dönitz not executed after the 2nd WW? He was commander-in-chief of the German navy from '43 onwards and succeeded Hitler as Head of state of the German Reich. He was sentenced to only 10 years in prison

  8. Feb 17, 2021 · On Oct. 1, 1946, Karl Doenitz, Comander-in-Chief of the German Navy from 1943 and previously leader of the U-boat Arm of the Navy, was found guilty on two counts and sentenced to ten years. Produced by US Army Signal Corps 1945-1956, housed in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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