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J-^nitz: The Last Fiihrer
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Com1 * May 1945, Grand Admiral and Nav niant^er *n Chief of the German te|e' Karl Donitz received the following ^rom Nazi Party Secretary to the San^ ^art'n Bormann and party Propa- C|aria Minister Dr. Josef Goebbels de- stat ^miral head of the German ' fiihrer died yesterday 1530. Tes- Fp; e,nt transfers to you the office of ^President ”
^azi°nitZ’ renowned commander of stu Germany’s U-boat fleet, was /\lbeea’ as were Armaments Minister jjj n Speer and the admiral’s naval erss who were present. All the top leading 0 the Nazi Party—Hermann Goer- rtch f,Ud0lf Ness, Goebbels, and Hein- the IITlrnler—had been mentioned in
sorf'as Adolf Hitler’s possible succes- bu. 0 lead the crumbling Third Reich,
j never Karl Donitz.
Immediately upon taking office, ke: ,z set about structuring his own Q a 8°vernment which would rule Nazi (j0. any for a scant three weeks. Since b0r;ann and Goebbels both remained in piecj *-out, burned, and Russian-occu- u, °erlin, Donitz’ first thorny problem was how to get rid of SS Reichsfiihrer (national leader) Himmler, who had powerful Waffen (armed) SS formations at his command. Had Donitz not settled this situation promptly, a Nazi civil war might have erupted even as the Allies were overrunning the country.
In typically blunt fashion, Donitz met the dilemma head-on; the admiral fired Himmler following a tense, all-night meeting with the SS leader, and then set about ending the war in the most advantageous way possible for Germany— stalling the Western Allies’ demand for unconditional surrender until a greater number of German troops fleeing from the Russians in the East could escape into the Western-occupied areas of the Reich. After Germany’s surrender, Donitz stood trial with the other Nazi war criminals before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, and was sentenced to ten years at Spandau Prison outside Berlin, which today houses only one inmate— Nazi Deputy Fiihrer Rudolf Hess.
British author Peter Padfield is a prolific writer with 17 volumes on British naval history and personalities and several novels to his credit. In his latest work, he has constructed an excellent biography that well illuminates Donitz’ eventful career, which spanned two world wars and several complete political eras in German history.
Padfield addresses the central historical question about Donitz: Why did the Fiihrer pick him? His answer: The Grand Admiral was the lone officer among the German military leaders in 1945 who saw the lost war Hitler’s way. The army generals had been discredited after the failed 20 July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler; the Luftwaffe (air force) factotum, Goer- ing, was in total disgrace even before it was revealed that he might be trying to usurp Hitler’s authority in the closing days of the Reich; and Himmler was eliminated from contention after he opened negotiations with the enemy. Even Hitler’s trusted advisor, Speer, after trying to persuade Hitler to surrender, later revealed at the Nuremberg Trials that he himself had attempted to suffocate Hitler in the Fiihrer’s bunker in Berlin.
Thus, Donitz was left as the Fiihrer’s only candidate. Padfield demonstrates that the admiral received Hitler’s Nazi. mantle because he believed in the Fiih- rer’s mission against decadent Western capitalism, Russian bolshevism, and international Jewry, and was prepared to follow his creed to the end. Donitz told his sailors in 1944: “Each soldier has to fulfill the tasks of his position regardless. So our calling and our fate are to fight fanatically, and bound up with it is the task for each of us to stand fanatically behind the National Socialist [Nazi] state.” Like Hitler, Donitz also contemplated suicide for the honor of the navy just before the Fiihrer named him to head the Reich.
Admiral Donitz entered the navy at the precise moment in history when the building program of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his top admirals was coming to fruition, and the German dreadnoughts were challenging Great Britain for mastery of the seas and, with them, the world. Raised by a widowed father who instilled
Donitz, never a Nazi, was photographed in the dock at Nuremberg (back, left) with some of the more famous ones—(front row) Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and 'Wilhelm Keitel, (back row) Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel. Donitz believed till his death in 1980 that being Hitler’s successor destined him to be forgotten by his countrymen.
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in him the Prussian ideal of nationalistic love of country, he was taught strict adherence to orders “from above” and bravery in the face of the enemy.
At the start of World War I, Donitz participated in surface battles against both the British and the Russians, was drafted into the infant U-boat arm of the service, attended the academy at Flensburg, and finally became a U-boat commander.
In September 1918, he was captured by the British after his vessel was sunk and then learned of Germany’s defeat while a British prisoner of war. Upon his return to the shattered Reich of the exiled Hohenzollems, he discovered that it was the embryonic German Navy that had mutinied and begun the revolution that had overthrown the dynasty and helped end the war in favor of the Allies. Pad- field writes that Donitz and the other officers of his generation were determined that this would never happen again in “the next war,” which they began planning as early as 1919.
Donitz remained in the Kriegsmarine, and became head of the U-boat arm in 1936, three years after Hitler took power and three years before the outbreak of the naval war in 1939. Although the Fiihrer had promised his service chiefs that the war would not begin until 1943, Donitz and other naval officers had already developed the “wolf pack” tactics that bedevilled Allied shipping on the high seas by the time he had succeeded Grand Admiral Erich Raeder as Commander in Chief of the Navy in 1943. Donitz requested 300 U-boats to fight the sea war, but, by the time he got them, the initiative was in Allied hands, and the war was well on its way to being lost on land, at sea, in the air, as well as in industry.
The Nazi victories of 1939-40 provided Donitz an expanded European coastline from which to raid British, and later, American shipping, but the U-boat war did not actually begin until September 1939 when the British ship Athenia was sunk. Because Hitler wished to keep the United States out of the war, this attack was denied by Goebbels’ propaganda machine, even to the point of falsifying the attacking U-boat’s log.
Padfield notes that the heady early victories caused the German admirals to revive the Kaiser’s old dream of a world dominated by the Reich’s navy, leading even the German Army’s dour Chief of the General Staff, Colonel General Franz Haider, to lament, “These people dream in continents . . . they simply assume that according to the whim of the moment we can simply decide whether and when we will move overland from the Cauca
sus to the Persian Gulf, or drive ■ • through Egypt to the Suez Canal- ■ ^ One is wasting one’s breath talking them.” j.
Ironically, the German admirals " ^ corned war with the United States
Marine were an adjunct to the ** forces in England, anyway. The a^1111.^ marvelled at how easy it was to . U. S. shipping in 1942 before any ^ consultation took place between the ^ lied navies. However, as the tide o
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charges from destroyers claimed a number of U-boats and their young,^ ^
As the hopes of Nazi victory greV‘, 0f more forlorn, fanaticism and ta “will” replaced rational thought- order, “Rescue no one and take no
with you” gave way to the killing of stranded sailors (as vv'"‘ .j women and children) from dam ships in defiance of international la .
Through all this, Donitz—nick**3 j^s “The Lion” and “Uncle Karl’ .^jjs aides—maintained close contact wi men at sea, a definite boost to G® e0. naval morale until the very end. ‘ ” jflfS ever he visited us,” one of his s once said, “he left us feeling he1 Padfield also points out that he cnt^aff aged debate and criticism within h>sgf to a degree rare within the upper stm ^ the Third Reich’s leadership corps ( ^ mel never permitted this, for inSta^-jns but was guilty of an antiquated sta and organizational handling of bot face and undersea battles. ^lC\i
As the collapse approached, Pa ^gf[y writes that Donitz—revealing his l>te insecurity and search for a father fig f’S clung ever tighter to the hem of **’ a imperial garment, and “each rejn^-jie('
wartime leadership, Donitz cut him ^ and said, “I am here to represen Navy. All the rest is not my bus*** ,• The Fiihrer knows what he is
After the surrender, Donitz. ^ (0 himself a Nazi party member, trl ^ separate the German armed forces ^ the atrocities committed by tbe Party, but, nonetheless, went 'ntjLjcl* dock at Nuremberg with the other
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1 Spandau Prison, he passed his dec- e as a convict by dreaming of being stored to power after his release. Before JrS death on Christmas Eve 1980, Donitz r°te, “My position would have been I^Pletely different if I had not been Hit- successor, but no one asks me te ' ,,,;> soldiers revered, by the enemy ^]Becte<l, in his own land forgotten.” acc Donitz is not a purely objective f0Coant, Padfield has provided an in- Vervalive, generally well-written, and nia ®ntertaining biography of Nazi Ger- nV s enigmatic last Fiihrer that is well w°rth
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ly he war at a time when the operational daexPectancy of a submariner was 50 fact reminds us that the reality was in alti| terrifyin8. squalid, and frustrating, ,°ugh, surprisingly, not demoralizing. n sPite of losing 718 submarines in
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action, with 32,000 men killed and 5,000 taken prisoner of a total of 39,000 men in the U-boat service, there was no shortage of crews waiting to man the 200 streamlined, snorkeling Type XXI boats under construction at VE-Day. The fierce personal loyalty of the men who Admiral Karl Donitz attracted helped his sea- wolves rise above each succeeding disastrous set-back.
In February 1943, North Atlantic U- boats sank 65 ships totalling 143,000 tons and suffered losses of only 15 U-boats, two of which were sunk by the U. S. Coast Guard. Yet the Allies held the wild cards in the poker-game of antisubmarine warfare. Centimetric radar, high-frequency direction-finding, and Ultra codebreaking technology tipped the balance in their favor so quickly that Donitz and his commanders were left wondering what had hit them. The German casualty figures grew alarmingly and peaked in May 1943, when 35 U-boats were lost at sea, with only 96,000 tons of shipping to show for them.
“Ali” Cremer had his ups and downs in his first operational command, the Type VIIC U-333, which he accepted from the yard at Emden, Germany, three months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On his first patrol south of Greenland, he sank four eastbound ships—
none of them in convoy—-‘n v weather. On return to La Pallice, Fra^ there were no bouquets, bands, or Crosses—just an instant court-marti having put down a German blockade ner from Japan. Even blockade-run^ were supposed to report their posl 1 j but fortunately for Cremer, this one 81 to do so. Had she sent a transmission’ ^ Allies would have pinpointed her ^ surely as they regularly detected t e boats that broke radio silence. J Cremer’s next patrol was in SP ^ 1942 off the coast of Florida, w*ieynej- pickings were there for the taking- corted ships illuminated against the ^ of shore lights from beach resorts Pr° ^ to be sitting targets. Cremer soon bro the U-boats’ total tonnage sunk f*Sur. u, more than eight million gross we Lr tons. The U-333 bagged four ships^ having been rammed at periscope ^ by a laden tanker which wiped o ^ conning-tower, main periscope.
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'prfS ^5 Color Photographs! 16 three-view line drawings Ce: $37.00 Member’s price: $29.60
Ship in the Royal Navy,
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F/g/!!)® ,irst time, the award-winning The nJL ShiP in the Royal Navy and The 8 voiiim '!n the Royal Navy are reprinted in rp6, fblly revised by the author to bring
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■ stic°0den ships armeci with ,0°* so|diers to the a ®’6d fri9ates’ destroyers, and aircraft Vi^al C[T*hor of,ers a wide-ranging survey of Apology n®trdction and armament. Advances in V 'he 6V| s'liP design are examined in detail vj s9un D| °'utio" of sailing rigs, the development ‘ ih" hulls °rms’ *he advent of steam-power and ' m ^infu’iiand weaPons systems. The illustra- ' lyr’s. rr, CO,or'are based on original sources— s’1 V d’ra^oclels' pictures and photographs— Pri in Rrn frorh the National Maritime Museum CSs6enwich.
",S^antsC°fntain detailed lists and abstracts of la,,*0 the n° ships ancl 9uns from 'he sixteenth- 51 a,.^resent, an up-to-date summary of Brits’ sections on flags and types of
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Photographed by Mark Meyer, with an introduction by Chuck Yeager
The perfect companion to Keepers of the Sea. this superbly reproduced collection of aviational photographs is unsurpassed in its range, comprehensiveness, and artistic quality. With air-to-air, cockpit, and ground photographs representing all the major commands of the U. S. Air Force, the work is a remarkable achievement in a technically demanding, high-speed environment. Complementing the photographs are interviews with pilots and an informative introduction by General Chuck Yeager. The reference section contains line drawings and specifications for each aircraft type pictured.
I Choose To Fight:
Tom Harper’s Victory Over Cancer
By Randy Harper and Tom Harper
Midshipman Tom Harper was on top of the world with the future shining brightly before him—an athletic 19- year-old freshman who re-
_ _ ____________ cently earned himself a spot
on the Naval Academy’s varsity football team.
Then suddenly, Tom’s life was turned upside down. A routine physical examination revealed cancer, which was nearing its final fatal stage of development. Given less than an 8% chance to live more than six months, young Tom was fiercely determined to beat the odds. He made a commitment to survive, to be involved, to play football, and to be a commissioned Academy graduate—and he succeeded.
/ Choose To Fight is a heart-warming account of Tom’s miraculous victory over cancer. It’s the story of a young man's courage . . . the power of love . . . and the strength of the human spirit, a story few readers will forget.
1984/201 pages List price: $13.95
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The Brown Water Navy:
The River and Coastal War in Indo-China Vietnam, 1948-1972
By Victor Croizat
The often neglected story of the brown water navies of the French Indo-China and Vietnam Wars are authoritatively detailed by an American who participated in both conflicts.
Starting with a historical account of brown water warfare from ancient Mesopotamia to Southeast Asia, the author provides an overview of Indo-China and examines the origins of conflict in the region. He takes an in-depth look at both the French and American involvement and discusses the Vietnamese experience during the post-Geneva decade.
The operations and organization of each country’s brown water force are carefully examined, with detailed charts illustrating the various assault formations and battle actions described. Over 150 photographs provide a closeup look at the people, places, and equipment involved.
1984/160 pages/216 photographs and diagrams/ Index
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Overlord: D-Day, June 6, 1944
By Max Hastings
1984/368 pages/photographs and mapslappendicesl glossary /index
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An American Sub Goes to War
By Bobette Gugliotta
1984/288 pageslillustratedlbibliography
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In Love and War: The Story of a Family’s Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years
By Jim and Sybil Stockdale
448 pages/32 illustrations
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A Special Valor: The U. S.
Marines and the Pacific War
By Richard Wheeler
1983/466 pages/96 illustrationslbibliographylindex List price: $24.95 Member's price: $19.96
Little Ship, Big War:
The Saga of DE 343
By Commander Edward P. Stafford, USN (Ret.)
1984/336 pages/illustratedlindex
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