On 27 September 1913, Dönitz was commissioned as a Leutnant zur See (acting sub-lieutenant). In 1910, Dönitz enlisted in the Kaiserliche Marine ('Imperial Navy'). Oberleutnant zur See Karl Dönitz as Watch Officer of U-39 during World War I.ĭönitz was born in Grünau, near Berlin, to Anna Beyer and Emil Dönitz, an engineer, in 1891. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment after his release, he lived in a village near Hamburg until his death in 1980. He was found not guilty of committing crimes against humanity, but guilty of committing crimes against peace and war crimes against the laws of war.

Following the war, he was indicted as a major war criminal at the Nuremberg trials on three counts: conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity planning, initiating, and waging wars of aggression and crimes against the laws of war. Dönitz remained as head of the Flensburg Government, as it became known, until it was dissolved by the Allied powers on 23 May.īy his own admission, Dönitz was a dedicated Nazi and supporter of Hitler. On, he ordered Alfred Jodl, Chief of Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), to sign the German instruments of surrender in Reims, France. On 30 April 1945, after the suicide of Adolf Hitler and in accordance with his last will and testament, Dönitz was named Hitler's successor as head of state, with the title of President of Germany and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Around 30,000 of the 40,000 men who served in U-boats perished. Furthermore, of these, 215 were lost on their first patrol. 648 U-boats were lost-429 with no survivors. Dönitz ordered his submarines into battle until 1945 to relieve the pressure on other branches of the Wehrmacht (armed forces). From 1939 to 1943 the U-boats fought effectively but lost the initiative from May 1943. Dönitz was the main enemy of Allied naval forces in the Battle of the Atlantic. In January 1943, Dönitz achieved the rank of Großadmiral (grand admiral) and replaced Grand Admiral Erich Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. While in a POW camp, he formulated what he later called Rudeltaktik ('pack tactic', commonly called 'wolfpack').īy the start of the Second World War, Dönitz was supreme commander of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm ( Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (BdU)). In 1918, he was commanding UB-68, and was taken prisoner of war by British forces. He began his career in the Imperial German Navy before World War I. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of World War II. “Our screening process is working and we will keep you updated as we learn more.Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz German: ( listen) 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later. “All mail, at all CNN domestic bureaus, is being screened at off-site facilities as of last Wednesday, so this package would NOT have come directly to the CNN Center, even if it hadn’t been intercepted first,” Zucker wrote. On Monday, following the interception of the suspicious package in Atlanta, Zucker said the same protocol would have applied in that incident. This means that Friday’s package “would NOT have come directly to the TWC, even if it hadn’t been intercepted first,” Zucker said in a Friday memo. Pipe bomb suspect Sayoc is due in court on Monday.Īs a result of Wednesday’s package, all mail destined for CNN’s US offices is now being screened first at off-site facilities. There was no immediate word from authorities on Monday about whether the suspicious package in Atlanta is linked to last week’s wave of mail bombs.Īmong the other recipients were former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US Attorney General Eric Holder, California Senator Kamala Harris, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and California Rep. It was found Friday morning at a post office six blocks away.

The second package was addressed to both CNN contributor James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence, and CNN. That package was addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, who actually works for NBC. It spurred a five and a half hour long evacuation of the building. The first package arrived Wednesday morning in the mailroom at Time Warner Center, home to CNN’s New York offices. The other two packages addressed to CNN were apparent mail bombs.

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