Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Karl Dönitz across 5 places, from 1891 to 1980.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Karl Dönitz (16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German naval officer and politician who, following the suicide of Adolf Hitler during the Second World War in April 1945, succeeded him as head of state of Germany during the Nazi era.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Karl Dönitz was documented, and when
16 September 1891exact date
Grünau (Berlin)attested“Dönitz was born on 16 September 1891 in Grünau, near Berlin, to Anna Beyer and Emil Dönitz, an engineer.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
16 September 1891exact date
Berlinattested“Dönitz was born on 16 September 1891 in Grünau, near Berlin, to Anna Beyer and Emil Dönitz, an engineer.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
April 1945month
Plönattested“From mid-April 1945, Dönitz and elements of what remained of the Reich government moved into the buildings of the Stadtheide Barracks in Plön.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
23 May 1945exact date
Flensburgattested“That night, 2 May, Dönitz made a nationwide radio address in which he announced Hitler's death and said the war would continue in the East "to save Germany from destruction by the advancing Bolshevik enemy." Dönitz remained in Flensburg–…”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
1980year
Aumühleattested“Dönitz died in Aumühle of a heart attack on Christmas Eve in 1980 at the age of 89.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
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3 January 1917exact date
Flensburgmentioned“He attended the submariner's school at Flensburg-Mürwik and passed out on 3 January 1917.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
2 July 1918exact date
Mediterranean Seamentioned“On 2 July 1918, he became commander of , operating in the Mediterranean.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
1919 to 1920period
Germanymentioned“He remained a prisoner of war until 1919 and in 1920 he returned to Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
May 1940month
Atlanticmentioned“Full credit must also be given to Lieutenant Prien for the nerve and determination with which he put Dönitz's plan into execution." In May 1940, 101 ships were sunk—but only nine in the Atlantic—followed by 140 in June; 53 of them in the…”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
8 May 1940exact date
Skagerrakmentioned“In particular, the British Admiralty, on 8 May 1940, had ordered all vessels in the Skagerrak sunk on sight, and Admiral Chester W.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
January 1941month
Atlanticmentioned“In January 1941 there were just six on station in the Atlantic—the lowest during the war, while still suffering from unreliable torpedoes.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
1942 to 1943period
Bay of Biscaymentioned“In 1942 Coastal Command began forming units combined with ASV and Leigh Light to attack U-boats at night in transit to the Atlantic via the Bay of Biscay, which continued into 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
July 1942month
United Statesmentioned“From January to July 1942, Dönitz's submarines were able to attack unescorted ships off the United States' east coast and in the Caribbean Sea; U-boats sank more ships and tonnage than at any other time in the war.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
July 1942month
Caribbean Seamentioned“From January to July 1942, Dönitz's submarines were able to attack unescorted ships off the United States' east coast and in the Caribbean Sea; U-boats sank more ships and tonnage than at any other time in the war.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
July 1942month
Caribbeanmentioned“From January to July 1942, Dönitz's submarines were able to attack unescorted ships off the United States' east coast and in the Caribbean Sea; U-boats sank more ships and tonnage than at any other time in the war.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
November 1942month
Atlanticmentioned“November 1942 was a new high in the Atlantic.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
19 May 1943exact date
North Atlanticmentioned“Peter was killed on 19 May 1943 when was sunk in the North Atlantic with all hands.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
November 1943month
Gulf of Mexicomentioned“In November 1943 he sent the last U-boat into the Gulf of Mexico just after the blackout restrictions were lifted.”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
1944year
Nuremberg trialsmentioned“On German Heroes' Day (12 March) of 1944, Dönitz declared that, without Adolf Hitler, Germany would be beset by "the poison of Jewry", and the country destroyed for lack of the "uncompromising ideology" of Nazism: At the Nuremberg trials…”source: Wikipedia: Karl Dönitz
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