Entering the naval service in 1921, Captain Krause became a student of German Naval History as a result of duty at the Naval War College. From 1938 to 1940 he was Assistant Naval Attaché at the American Embassy, Berlin. He was commanding officer of the U.S.S. Oglala when that vessel was sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack; subsequently he served in the campaigns of Morocco, Sicily, Salerno, Guam, Leyte, Lingayen, and Iwo Jima. At present he is engaged in research and translation of captured German documents for the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Articles by Roland E. Krause

Whither Germany?

By Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy (Retired)
July 1954
Within living memory, Germany has been the storm center of two terrible world conflicts. Each time she was reduced in area and each time the concentration of her population increased ...

Some Personal Recollections of Adolf Hitler

By Captain Heinz Assmann, former German Navy; Translated by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy (Retired)
December 1953
It is entirely too early to attempt a worthwhile appraisal of Adolf Hitler; perhaps after twenty-five or thirty years one may have the proper perspective to judge this man. I ...

Operation "Sea Lion"

By Vice Admiral Kurt Assmann of the former German Navy. Translated by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy
January 1950
The question as to why Germany did not attempt the invasion of England after the downfall of France in the summer of 1940 will always be a subject of extraordinary ...

Stalin and Hitler (Part II) The Road to Stalingrad

By Vice Admiral Kurt Assmann of the former German Navy. Translated by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy
July 1949
The decision of Adolf Hitler to attack Soviet Russia without doubt had a decisive import on the outcome of World War II. Consequently the question as to when and for ...

Stalin and Hitler (Part I) The Pact with Moscow

By Vice Admiral Kurt Assmann, former German Navy Translated by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy
June 1949
Little has been published as to how the German pact with Moscow came into J being. At the beginning of 1948 the U. S. State Department published a series of ...