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Karl Dönitz
Karl Dönitz was a German admiral who commanded the U-boat arm in the Battle of the Atlantic and became commander-in-chief of the navy in 1943. Named by Hitler as his successor, he became head of state on 1 May 1945 and authorised the surrender of the German armed forces. His government at Flensburg was arrested on 23 May, and at Nuremberg he was sentenced to ten years in prison.
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