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| 1891 | Birth |  |
| 16th Sep Berlin Birth of Karl Doenitz |
| 1910 | Education | |
| Enters the Imperial Navy |
| 1914 | Lieutenant | |
| Appointed Lieutenant on the Breslau |
| 1935 | Captain | |
| Appointed Commander of the Weddigen, a U-boat |
| 1936 | Commander | |
| Appointed Fuhrer der Unterseeboote |
| 1939 | Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote Doenitz | |
| Appointed Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote, Admiral |
| 1943 | Battle of Atlantic | |
| During the 1st 3 weeks of May 31 U-boats are sunk, a reversal in the Nth Atlantic |
| Redeploys the U-Boats to attack more Eastbound convoys |
| 24th May Doenitz withdraws the U-boats from the North Atlantic |
| 1943 | Battle of Convoy HX229 | |
| 15th Sep March 15-March 19, 37 U-boats chase 98 merchant ships sinking 21 & losing 1 U-boat |
| 1943 | Battle of Convoy ONS5 | |
| 4th May Twelve ships are sunk with the loss of two U-boats |
| 1943 | Commander | |
| 30th Jan Appointed Commander of the German Navy, directs the U-boat offensive |
| 1943 | Sinking U boats | |
| During the 1st 3 weeks of May 31 U-boats are sunk, a reversal in the Nth Atlantic |
| 1945 | Government | |
| 30th April Forms a new Cabinet & orders an unconditional surrender |
| 1945 | President | |
| 30th April Appointed President of the Reich & Hitler's successor, on the day of Hitler's death |
| 1945 | Surrender | |
| 2nd May Berlin Berlin surrenders to the Soviet Army |
| 7th May Rheims Authorizes unconditional surrender of all German fighting forces |
| 7th May Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies |
| 1946 | Arrest | |
| Nuremberg Germa Sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment, released 30 September 1956 |
| 1946 | Nuremberg War Trials | |
| Nuremburg D”nitz is found guilty of breaching the 1936 Second London Naval Treaty, but his sentence was not assessed on the ground of his breaches of the international law of submarine warfare |
| Nuremburg Sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment, released 30 September 1956 |
| 1956 | Arrest | |
| 30th Sep Doenitz is released from prison |
| 1980 | Death | |
| 24th Dec Hamburg Death of Karl Doenitz |
