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Grand Admiral '''Karl Dönitz''' was commander of the [[U-Boat]] fleet of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during the [[Second World War]]. Dönitz also served as a U-Boat captain during the [[First World War]].
Grand Admiral '''Karl Dönitz''' was commander of the [[U-Boat]] fleet of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during the [[Second World War]]. Dönitz also served as a U-Boat captain during the [[First World War]].
==President==
==President==
Upon the death of [[Hitler]] and [[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels]], Dönitz was appointed [[President]][http://www.flottenbasis.de/marine_kurier/ausgabe012005/achterstich1.html][http://lexikon.meyers.de/meyers/Bundespr%C3%A4sident]. Dönitz immediately opened up negotiations with the [[Allied Powers]] to offer Germany's unconditional surrender[http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/thema/kriegsenden/09-kapitulation.xml]. On May 7, the British government accepted a surrender authorized by Dönitz. The decision was controversial, as the the [[Big Three]] [[Allied Powers]] had agreed not to accept any separate peace terms. Dönitz was subsequently arrested and tried as a [[war criminal]]. [http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/thema/kriegsenden/09-kapitulation.xml].
Upon the death of [[Hitler]] and [[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels]], Dönitz was appointed [[President]][http://www.flottenbasis.de/marine_kurier/ausgabe012005/achterstich1.html][http://lexikon.meyers.de/meyers/Bundespr%C3%A4sident]. Dönitz immediately opened up negotiations with the [[Allied Powers]] to offer Germany's unconditional surrender[http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/thema/kriegsenden/09-kapitulation.xml]. On May 7, the British and US governments accepted a surrender authorized by Dönitz[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a3530611.shtml]. The decision was controversial, as the the [[Big Three]] [[Allied Powers]] had agreed not to accept any separate peace terms. Dönitz was subsequently arrested and tried as a [[war criminal]]. [http://www.br-online.de/wissen-bildung/thema/kriegsenden/09-kapitulation.xml].
==Trial==
==Trial==