Dimensions
156 x 234 x 42mm
Grand Admiral Karl Donitz was one of the major military figures of the Second World War. As Supreme Commander of the German navy, he conducted the submarine war which constantly threatened to cut the Allies' shipping lifeline. The losses in the U-boat service were staggering, as were those they inflicted on merchantmen.
But this is much more than a study of war at sea. The biographer of Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess as well as a distinguished naval historian, Peter Padfield offers a riveting portrait of a dedicated officer who was corrupted by his inner need for a cause and a leader to serve. Donitz was to find both in Adolf Hitler. And as Germany slid inexorably towards defeat in 1945, the Fuhrer duly rewarded his most loyal supporter and confidant by appointing him his successor, the last leader of the Third Reich.
