Boat Quote 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…

— 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.

— Karl Donitz

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

— Karl Donitz

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

— 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…

— Karl Donitz

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

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— Karl Donitz

Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.

— 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…

— 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…

— Karl Donitz