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Henning von Holtzendorff

German admiral

Died when: 66 years 149 days (796 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Henning von Holtzendorff

Henning Rudolf Adolf Karl von Holtzendorff (9 January 1853 – 7 June 1919) was a German admiral during World War I, who became famous for his December 1916 memo about unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom.

He was a recipient of Order of the Black Eagle and the Pour le Mérite with oak leaves and was one of just six Grand Admirals of the Imperial German Navy.


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