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Memoirs: Ten Years And Twenty Days (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Memoirs: Ten Years And Twenty Days (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

by KarlDoenitz (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $10.77
Synopsis

The story of the last war, as told by Grand Admiral Doenitz himself. Doenitz was one of the most important leaders of the German war machine. The way the U-boat campaign was waged, as told by the man who invented U-boat tactics. An important social document, and an invaluable source for any student of the last war.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 544
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 0304356867
ISBN 13: 9780304356867
Book Overview: This is one of the most important and absorbing memoirs of the Second World War ever to see print. As supreme commander of the German Navy, Doenitz was responsible for the creation of the infamous U-boat 'wolf packs' which almost brought Britain to her knees. With a view of the war from the very highest level, he provides here a panorama of the way the war was run from the German side. But it is the last part of the book that is perhaps the most fascinating. With the suicide of Hitler, it was Doenitz who took over the reins as Fuhrer, as the German military machine crumbled around him. His description of the apocalyptic last days of the Third Reich make powerful, often moving, reading.

Author Bio
Karl Doenitz was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy in 1910 and served on U-boats during the First World War. He became convinced of the war-winning potential of U-boats and masterfully conducted a battle for the Atlantic which the Allies only just won. He succeeded Grand Admiral Raeder as C-in-C of the Germany Navy. He became the last Fuhrer of Germany after Hitler's suicide in May 1945.