Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days
Commander of the U-boat fleet, Supreme Naval Commander, and finally Hitler's successor in the last days of the Third Reich, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (1891–1980) has been condemned as a Nazi and praised as one of the most brilliant and honorable military leaders of the war. His "wolfpack" tactics resulted in a handful of U-boats sinking 14.5 million tons and nearly deciding the Battle of the Atlantic. Sentenced to ten years at the Nuremberg Trials, Doenitz wrote his memoirs upon his release. In a clear firm style he discusses the planning and execution of the U-boat campaign; the controversial sinking of the Laconia; America's "neutrality" before its entry into the war; the Normandy invasion; the July 1944 bomb plot; his encounters with Raeder, Göring, Speer, Himmler, and Hitler; as well as his own brief tenure as the last Führer. Doenitz's invaluable work allows the reader to view the war at sea through the periscope's eye.
Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days de Karl Doenitz
- Titre : Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days
- ISBN-13: 9781591142157
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication date: 28/08/2012
- Author : Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz
This is a reprint of a marvelous examination into the inner working of the German navy and especially the Third Reich. Many illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (1891–1980) was the Third Reich’s Supreme Naval Commander, and finally Hitler's successor by the end of World War II.