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World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
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Karl Dönitz
German grand admiral (1891–1980)
Karl Dönitz was a German grand admiral and convicted war criminal who, following Adolf Hitler's suicide, succeeded him as head of state of Nazi Germany during the Second World War in April 1945. He held the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Hannibal
1945 evacuation of German troops from East Prussia and northern Poland by sea
Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)