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    Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (15 July 1895 – 23 May 1945) was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last...
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    father was Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine. During the last year of World War II, Ludwig von Friedeburg became the youngest...
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  • Champion Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1583–1641), Field Marshal of Holy Roman Empire and the Electorate of Saxony, diplomat, and politician Hans-Georg Aschenbach...
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    committed suicide. Dönitz succeeded him as head of state. Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg succeeded Dönitz as commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine. On...
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    headed by the new Commander-in-Chief of the German navy Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. Montgomery refused an initial offer to surrender Army Group Vistula...
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    Dönitz in negotiations with the Allies in Reims, France. Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg was appointed to succeed Dönitz as Commander of the Kriegsmarine...
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    the German Army General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative...
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    Reims on 7 May 1945 with Colonel General Jodl and General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. He was a prisoner of war from 10 May 1945 to 3 January 1948 and...
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    Serving in the rank of General Admiral he succeeded General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as the last Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine after the end of...
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  • his chief of staff Eberhard Godt. Godt's successor was Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, who held the position at the end of the war and became commander-in-chief...
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    Walter Warzecha, successor of General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, without authorization presented Georg-Wolfgang Feller the Knight's Cross on 17 June...
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    Panzer Group consisted of the LVI Panzer Corps (Erich von Manstein) and the XLI Panzer Corps (Georg-Hans Reinhardt). The Army Group was to advance through...
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    appointed President of Germany upon Hitler's suicide in April 1945. Hans-Georg von Friedeburg was then Commander-in-Chief of the OKM for the short period of...
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  • Lincoln Park, Michigan German general Alfred Jodl and admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg signed unconditional surrender documents at 2:41 a.m. at General...
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  • correspondent Joseph Morton, were shot at Mauthausen by SS-Hauptsturmführer Georg Bachmayer on orders of Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Morton was the only Allied correspondent...
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    unconditional military surrender at Lüneburg from Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and General Eberhard Kinzel, of all German forces "in Holland...
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    November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020. "Streit über Gedenkstein: Familie von NS-Kriegsverbrecher darf Scheingrab behalten" [Disputed memorial stone: family...
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    Ritter von Epp Karl Hermann Frank Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Albert Ganzenmüller Karl Gebhardt Edmund Glaise-Horstenau Franz Hayler Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff...
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    Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. Hans-Georg von Friedeburg – General Admiral in the Kriegsmarine, he succeeded Karl Dönitz...
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    (1928-1943) Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz (1943-1945) General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (May 1945) Luftwaffe – Air Force OKL – Air Force High Command...
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    Korvettenkapitän Hans Ibbeken in command. Ibbeken was relieved on 4 October 1937, by Johannes Franz, who commanded the boat until 6 June 1939 when Hans-Georg von Friedeburg...
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    Commander-in-Chief of the OKM On 7 November 1935 a decree was issued by Werner von Blomberg, the Reichskriegsminister and Commander-in-Chief of the German Armed...
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    Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg...
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    Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Georg von Hertling Ferdinand von Zeppelin Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Robert Ritter von Greim...
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    cases of suicide attempts, such as that of Ludwig Beck and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel. Suicides occurred in Germany, except where noted otherwise. Christian...
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    der Wehrmacht), Colonel General Alfred Jodl and General-Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg. Once again, Strong acted as an interpreter. Smith took a hard...
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    Engelbert Endrass Wolfgang Ewald Klaus Ewerth Fritz Frauenheim Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Hans von Funck Adolf Galland* Walter Grabmann Karl-Heinz Greisert Robert...
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    Group Vistula in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 880,000 Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg and General der Infanterie Eberhard Kinzel May 4 May 5, at 8:00...
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  • member of the SA and the SS Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), artist Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895–1945), admiral of the Kriegsmarine Paul Alverdes (1897–1979)...
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    Walter Warzecha (1 March 1944) Oskar Kummetz (16 September 1944) Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1 May 1945) Notably, Karl Dönitz was promoted to grand admiral...
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