Grand admiral
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Grand admiral is a historic naval rank. It is the highest rank in the several European navies that used it, and is best known for its use in Germany as Großadmiral. A comparable rank in modern navies
Postcard Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany circa 1910
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Koester, Admiral Hans von, Agence Rol, BNF Gallica
Porträtt av Oscar II i amiralsuniform. 1900 1907. Foto Lars Larsson
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
Grand admiral
…in 1939 and held only by the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Portrait Name (born–died) Appointed Ref. Erich Raeder (1876–1960) 1 April 1939 Karl Dönitz (1891–1980) 30 January 1943 Italy The rank of grand admiral (Italian: Grande ammiraglio) was created by Benito Mussolini in 1924. It was established…
Dönitz in 1943
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, 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