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> [ Only ... from personal experience \[can a man\] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/only-from-personal-experience-can-a-man-take-the-necessary-measures/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/the-reason-that-the-american-navy-does-so-well-in-wartime-is-that-war/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/the-north-german-does-not-go-in-for-extremes-he-has-broader-horizons/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [I'm an old man at 54, without teeth, and with rheumatism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/i-m-an-old-man-at-54-without-teeth-and-with-rheumatism/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [ Only ... from personal experience \[can a man\] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/only-from-personal-experience-can-a-man-take-the-necessary-measures/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [ I was fascinated by the \[operation\] of a U-boat ... where every single man was an indispensable part of the whole. Every submariner, I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/i-was-fascinated-by-the-operation-of-a-u-boat-where-every-single-man/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/i-accept-responsibility-for-u-boat-warfare-from-1933-onward-and-of/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/our-losses-have-reached-an-intolerable-level-the-enemy-air-force/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/certainly-inside-my-heart-i-know-degrees-of-difference-but-i-can-t/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/your-american-admiral-said-that-he-held-me-in-the-highest-esteem-and/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/no-attempt-of-any-kind-must-be-made-at-rescuing-members-of-ships-sunk/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-donitz/)

> [Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/our-losses-have-reached-and-intolerable-level/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/with-the-new-weapons-like-the-atom-bomb-russia-would-have-it-too-and/)

[Karl Donitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-donitz/i-read-sometime-around-1938-of-jewish-fines-and-some-street-actions/)

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