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End of World War II in Europe
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World War II ended in Europe in May 1945. Following the suicide of Adolf Hitler on 30 April, leadership of Nazi Germany passed to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Flensburg Government. Soviet troops
Third and last page of the instrument of unconditional surrender signed in Berlin on 8 May 1945
Third and last page of the instrument of unconditional surrender signed in Berlin on 8 May 1945
The Dachau death train consisted of nearly forty railcars containing the bodies of between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners who were evacuated from Buchenwal
The Dachau death train consisted of nearly forty railcars containing the bodies of between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners who were evacuated from Buchenwald on 7 April 1945.
The front page of The Montreal Daily Star announcing the German surrender
The front page of The Montreal Daily Star announcing the German surrender
Keitel signs surrender terms, 8 May 1945 in Berlin.
Keitel signs surrender terms, 8 May 1945 in Berlin.
Karl Dönitz
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Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the Second World War in April 1945. He h
End of World War II in Europe
…World War II ended in Europe in May 1945. Following the suicide of Adolf Hitler on 30 April, leadership of Nazi Germany passed to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Flensburg Government. Soviet troops captured Berlin on 2 May, and a number of German military forces surrendered over the next few days. On 8…
Dönitz in 1943
Dönitz in 1943
Oberleutnant zur See Karl Dönitz as Watch Officer of U-39 during World War I
Oberleutnant zur See Karl Dönitz as Watch Officer of U-39 during World War I
Commemorative plaque for Dönitz's sons, who both died in World War II: Leutnant zur See Peter Dönitz on 19 May 1943, as a watch officer on the U-954,
Commemorative plaque for Dönitz's sons, who both died in World War II: Leutnant zur See Peter Dönitz on 19 May 1943, as a watch officer on the U-954, and Oberleutnant zur See Klaus Dönitz on 13 May 1944, on the E-boat S-141
Dönitz observing the arrival of U-94 at Saint-Nazaire in France in June 1941
Dönitz observing the arrival of U-94 at Saint-Nazaire in France in June 1941