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Henning von Holtzendorff
Henning Rudolf Adolf Karl von Holtzendorff (9 January – 7 June ) was a German admiral during World War I, who became famous for his December 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.
Biography
Holtzendorff was born into a noble family in Berlin on 9 January He joined the navy in , served in the Franco-Prussian War and afterwards as a staff officer in the West Africa Squadron.
Promoted to captain in ; he was present during the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a cruiser in the East Asia Squadron. He served as chief of staff at the Baltic Sea Naval Station and was director of the Imperial Shipyard at Danzig, before becoming a Vice Admiral in [1] Two years later he was appointed commander of the I Battle Squadron.
By he commanded the High Seas Fleet, becoming a ful
