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2200:Saudi Arabia
1749:South Africa
1739:Sierra Leone
1569:Burkina Faso
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1359:Rösselsprung
1248:St. Lawrence
1228:Point Judith
1213:Nerva Island
1208:Ligurian Sea
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2488:Switzerland
2436:Netherlands
2190:Philippines
2136:South Korea
2131:North Korea
2071:PR of China
2036:Afghanistan
1917:El Salvador
1753:South Sudan
1657:Ivory Coast
1456:La Rochelle
1369:Zitronnella
1233:River Plate
1163:Barents Sea
1133:Naval bases
1058:Other craft
1002:Auxiliaries
931:Deutschland
910:Deutschland
894:Scharnhorst
697:GroĂźadmiral
685:Karl Dönitz
680:GroĂźadmiral
634:23 May 1945
630:(1891–1956)
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544:(1891–1980)
539:Karl Dönitz
534:GroĂźadmiral
505:1 June 1935
501:(1876–1960)
491:GroĂźadmiral
465:Left office
462:Took office
430:Flottenchef
2631:Categories
2569:Yugoslavia
2431:Montenegro
2413:Luxembourg
2250:Uzbekistan
2231:Tajikistan
2145:Kyrgyzstan
2126:Kazakhstan
2076:East Timor
2053:Bangladesh
2043:Azerbaijan
1734:Seychelles
1703:Mozambique
1693:Mauritania
1680:Madagascar
1581:Cape Verde
1364:Wunderland
1322:Operations
1288:Baltic Sea
1218:North Cape
1183:Casablanca
1027:Submarines
993:Destroyers
967:Königsberg
753:References
671:Iron Cross
591:1 May 1945
551:1 May 1945
270:Reichswehr
219:commanders
212:Commanders
206:Shell-Haus
78:newspapers
2593:Australia
2416:Macedonia
2409:Lithuania
2287:Manchukuo
2283:Mengjiang
2210:Sri Lanka
2205:Singapore
2086:Indonesia
1992:Venezuela
1952:Nicaragua
1922:Guatemala
1857:Argentina
1761:Swaziland
1446:Cherbourg
1425:28 Jan 44
1420:26 Apr 44
1410:14 Feb 44
1400:13 May 42
1395:27 Mar 42
1297:Constanța
1293:Black Sea
1267:Campaigns
1238:Sept-ĂŽles
1203:La Ciotat
1178:Caribbean
1098:Flotillas
454:Portrait
108:July 2022
2474:Slovenia
2470:Slovakia
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2235:Thailand
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2168:Mongolia
2164:Maldives
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2032:Abkhazia
1972:Suriname
1957:Paraguay
1937:Honduras
1897:Colombia
1867:Barbados
1841:Americas
1821:Transkei
1818:Rhodesia
1785:Zimbabwe
1765:Tanzania
1627:Ethiopia
1607:Djibouti
1597:DR Congo
1576:Cameroon
1566:Botswana
1430:9 Feb 45
1415:1 Nov 44
1405:6 Jun 42
1390:8 May 41
1385:4 Apr 41
1282:2nd H.T.
1278:1st H.T.
1274:Atlantic
902:Bismarck
223:See list
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2582:Oceania
2534:Prussia
2506:Vatican
2497:Ukraine
2456:Romania
2424:Moldova
2391:Ireland
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2048:Bahrain
2039:Armenia
1987:Uruguay
1942:Jamaica
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1775:Tunisia
1744:Somalia
1729:Senegal
1716:Nigeria
1708:Namibia
1698:Morocco
1670:Liberia
1666:Lesotho
1622:Eritrea
1592:Comoros
1572:Burundi
1552:Algeria
1451:Curaçao
1378:Actions
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1344:Lofoten
1312:Hartmut
1156:Battles
1034:U-boats
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2141:Kuwait
2121:Jordan
2111:Israel
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1872:Belize
1805:Ciskei
1799:Biafra
1793:Former
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1720:Rwanda
1685:Malawi
1647:Guinea
1637:Gambia
1557:Angola
1541:Africa
1439:Sieges
1334:Berlin
1329:Bastia
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1243:Someri
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2116:Japan
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2090:Iran
2081:India
1932:Haiti
1892:Chile
1828:Zaire
1824:Venda
1757:Sudan
1712:Niger
1675:Libya
1662:Kenya
1642:Ghana
1632:Gabon
1612:Egypt
1562:Benin
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2149:Laos
2106:Iraq
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1902:Cuba
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