I was fascinated by the [operation] of a U-boat ... where every single man was an indispensable part of the whole. Every submariner, I am sure, has experienced in his heart [the joy of] the task entrusted to him [and] felt as rich as a king.
Certainly inside my heart I know degrees of difference. But I can't blame any of these men who share a common fate with me. The big folly of this tri… - Karl Donitz
Certainly inside my heart I know degrees of difference. But I can't blame any of these men who share a common fate with me. The big folly of this tri…
- Karl Donitz
The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis. - Karl Donitz
The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.
I accept responsibility for U-boat warfare from 1933 onward, and of the entire navy from 1943 on, but to make me responsible for what happened to Jew… - Karl Donitz
I accept responsibility for U-boat warfare from 1933 onward, and of the entire navy from 1943 on, but to make me responsible for what happened to Jew…
No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboat… - Karl Donitz
No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboat…
I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be c… - Karl Donitz
I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be c…
With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult world. But that trouble is imminent is o… - Karl Donitz
With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult world. But that trouble is imminent is o…
Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said through his chief of sta… - Karl Donitz
Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said through his chief of sta…
Our losses have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses. - Karl Donitz
Our losses have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.
Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error. - Karl Donitz
Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.
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