German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
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He commanded Germany's U-boat fleet through the Battle of the Atlantic, sending 30,000 of his own submariners to their deaths, then spent three weeks as Hitler's handpicked successor before the Allies dissolved his government and sent him to Nuremberg.
Karl Dönitz began as an Imperial German Navy officer, was captured commanding UB-68 in 1918 after sinking a convoy ship near Malta, and spent his captivity developing the wolfpack doctrine that would define submarine warfare. By 1939 he commanded the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm; in January 1943 he became grand admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. His submarines fought effectively until May 1943, when they lost the initiative, yet he kept ordering them out until 1945—648 boats lost, 215 on their first patrol, 429 with no survivors. On 30 April 1945, Hitler's will named him head of state; D…
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I could imagine that it would be very difficult for the population in the towns to hold out under the stress of heavy bombing attacks if such an influence were allowed to work
Is to accept the leadership of a crumbling country a crime? Is to prevent the Russians, the natural enemy of Germany, from obtaining our arms and manpower a crime?
The trial can only end in a mistake because it is founded on one. How can a foreign court try a sovereign government of another country?
To think of Russians sitting on a bench in Nuremberg, trying German leaders! The Russians sank a German boat with men, women, and children aboard. I know of the case.
The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.
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