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Karl Dönitz' sons both died in World War II: Lieutenant Peter Dönitz on May 19, 1943, as a watch officer on the U-954, Oberleutnant Klaus Dönitz on May 13, 1944, on the E-boat S-141. On 27 May 1916, Dönitz married a nurse named Ingeborg Weber (1893–1962), the daughter of German general Erich Weber (1860–1933). They had three children ...
On 2 October 1936 he was appointed watch officer on the Aviso Grille, Adolf Hitler's state yacht, and on 30 March 1938 transferred to the battleship Gneisenau. In 1937 he married Karl Dönitz's daughter, Ursula. The marriage produced two sons, Peter and Klaus, and a daughter, Ute. Hessler took command of torpedo-boat Falke on 27 March 1938.
Commenced on 23 January 1945, Operation Hannibal was a German naval action under the initiative of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz to evacuate German civilians and military personnel from the Baltic (Courland, East Prussia, and Polish Corridor) as the Soviet Red Army advanced. Doenitz asserted that the operation was to evacuate as many lives as ...
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-954 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged. [3]
Articles relating to Karl Dönitz, President of Germany (1891-1980, term 1945) and his term in office. ... S. Second Happy Time; Spandau Prison; U. SM U-39; SM UB-68;
In addition to the children from his marriage, Kaltenbrunner had twins, Ursula and Wolfgang (b. 1945) with his long-time mistress, Gisela Gräfin von Westarp (27 June 1920 – 2 June 1983). All the children survived the war.
The 1st U-boat flotilla (German 1.Unterseebootsflottille) also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy). ). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Karl Dönitz, [1] it was named in honor of Kapitänleutnant Otto Wedd
Died: Heber J. Grant, 88, American religious leader and seventh president of the LDS Church; Louis J. Hauge, Jr., 20, U.S. Marine and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor (killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa); Wolfgang Lüth, 31, German U-boat ace (accidentally shot and killed by a German sentry)