Karl Dönitz

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Donitz was the commander of the U-Boat arm of the German Navy during the Second World War, having served as a U-Boat captain during the First World War. Upon Hitler's suicide, He was delegated to succeed Hitler by Hilter's last will and testament upon the collapse of the Nazi state, and signed the German surrender. At the Nuremberg Trials he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for war crimes, largely related to his policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.