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Karl Donitz

(1891–1980) Politician

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Karl Donitz was a politician, best known for Zehn Jahre und zwanzig Tage.

Quick Facts About Karl Donitz

Born: September 16, 1891
Died: December 22, 1980
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Zehn Jahre und zwanzig Tage

About Karl Donitz

Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the World War II in April 1945. He held this position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government, about two weeks after Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of the war.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes 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…

Bases

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The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and…

Austria

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I'm an old man at 54, without teeth, and with rheumatism.

Men

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Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.

Errors

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I was fascinated by the [operation] of a U-boat ... where every single man was an indispensable part of the whole. Every…

Boat

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I accept responsibility for U-boat warfare from 1933 onward, and of the entire navy from 1943 on, but to make me responsible…

Accepting

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...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

Air

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Certainly inside my heart I know degrees of difference. But I can't blame any of these men who share a common fate…

Bigs

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Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said…

Admiral

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No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the…

Bombs

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Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.

Levels

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With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult…

Atom bomb

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I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and…

Action

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