Dönitz's War Memoirs

Author: D?nitz
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The original title of this book is "Ten Years and Twenty Days." The author, Karl D?nitz (September 16, 1891 – December 24, 1980), was a Nazi German Navy (admiral), military strategist, founder of the Nazi German U-boat force, and a war criminal of World War II. In 1935, he became the commander of the newly established Nazi German U-boat force. In 1936, he became the commander of the U-boat force (referred to as the commander of the U-boat force starting from September 19, 1939). In 1943, he became the commander-in-chief of the Navy and the commander of the U-boat force. In April 1945, he was appointed as the commander of the northern region of Germany. In the same year, on May 1, he became the Reich President and supreme commander of the Wehrmacht according to Hitler's will. On May 23, he was captured by the British army. In September 1946, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. This book was published in 1958. In the book, D?nitz reviews and summarizes the naval strategy of Nazi Germany during World War II, details the stages of the U-boat war conducted by the Nazi German U-boat force in the major oceans using the "wolf pack" tactics, and analyzes the details of the German U-boat force's operations against the British and the Allied forces. After Hitler's death, as the Reich President and supreme commander of the Wehrmacht, D?nitz organized the government, commanded the Eastern Front German forces to resist the Soviet army, and arranged for the Western Front German forces to partially surrender to the British and American authorities. D?nitz's memoir holds significant reference value for the study of Nazi German history and World War II history, especially the naval history of World War II. In the book, D?nitz makes numerous excuses, boasts, and even glorifies Hitler, the Nazi German army, and his own war crimes, reflecting his rigid Nazi stance. Readers should pay attention to analyzing and discerning when reading the book.