Karl Dönitz Livres

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 "wolf-pack" 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, Goring, Speer, Himmler, and Hitler; as well as his own brief tenure as the last Fuhrer. Introduced by two acclaimed historians who knew Doenitz well, this invaluable work allows the reader to view the war at sea through the periscope's eye.

This Book Is a Collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers - both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe - about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain. Most of the documents were written immediately postwar as part of the Allied debriefing programme though some are wartime German originals produced for internal use by military staffs, but all have the value of immediacy; they were written when memories were fresh and, in many cases, by those who were directly caught up in the actions.These men were personally involved in all aspects of the German effort to control the seas through maritime air power, from the use of Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers during the invasion of Norway to the missions of FW 200 Kondors in cooperation with the U-boat campaign against Britain's Atlantic lifelines, and the writers include such well-known names as Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General der Flieger Ulrich O E Kessler, and Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold.The history recounted in these reports is unique and first-hand, allowing the reader a fresh perspective on those famous campaigns. Furthermore, much of that wartime experience was harnessed during the formation of the Bundersmarine's Marineflieger in the 1950s that then served throughout the Cold War and today is participating in the global war on terror with its Atlantic marine patrols.

Dönitz' Erinnerungen sind das zeitbeständigste Werk über das letzte Staatsoberhaupt des Deutschen Reiches. Als Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine war er einer der bedeutendsten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges, dessen untadelige militärische Leistungen auch von namhaften Gegnern heute gewürdigt werden. Packend schildert er sein soldatisches Leben, beginnend mit der Zeit als Seekadett in der Kaiserlichen Marine bis zum Nürnberger Tribunal der Siegermächte 1945. Er gewährt einen tiefen Einblick in Strategie und Taktik des Seekrieges und vergißt nicht, Fehler und Versäumnisse der deutschen Kriegsführung aufzuzeigen. Diese Erinnerungen sind gekennzeichnet von der aufrechten Haltung eines Soldaten, der seine Pflicht in schwerster Zeit erfüllt und sich allein seinem Volk gegenüber verantwortlich gefühlt hat. Er schildert seinen Lebensweg ohne Selbstgerechtigkeit und Bitterkeit, jedoch im Bewußtsein, seinem soldatischen Beruf Ehre gemacht zu haben.

Karl Dönitz to jedna z najbardziej kontrowersyjnych postaci wśród przywódców III Rzeszy. Wyrokiem Trybunału Norymberskiego uznany został za zbrodniarza wojennego i skazany na 10 lat pozbawienia wolności. Czy rzeczywiście twórca niemieckiej broni podwodnej w świetle obowiązującego prawa powinien zostać skazany? Czy też w myśl zasady: „zwycięzców się nie sądzi” i „przegrani nigdy nie mają racji” stał się przysłowiowym „kozłem ofiarnym” zwycięskiej koalicji? Po raz pierwszy polski czytelnik będzie mógł zapoznać się z głosem oskarżonego.