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Who did Dönitz succeed as head of state in 1945?

  • Joseph Goebbels

  • Heinrich Himmler

  • Hermann Göring

  • Adolf Hitler

Answer

After the suicide of Adolf Hitler in April 1945, Dönitz was named Hitler's successor as head of state. He held this position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
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