Donitz: The Last Fuhrer
by Peter Padfield
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"Padfield's compellingly readable book conveys a flavor of Nazi leadership unmatched by anything outside the memoirs of Albert Speer. It is difficult to frame higher praise."--John Keegan. A distinguished naval historian and biographer paints a riveting portrait of Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, the Supreme Commander of the German Navy and mastermind of World War Two's devastating submarine war. As Padfield so eloquently proves, dedicated officer Donitz was corrupted by his inner need for a show more cause and for a leader to serve--both of which he found in Adolf Hitler. As Germany slid inexorably toward defeat in 1945, the Fuhrer duly rewarded his most loyal supporter and confidant by appointing Donitz his successor: the last leader of the Third Reich. show lessTags
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Peter Padfield's trilogy includes Maritime Power and Maritime, Supremacy, both published by Overlook. He was born in British India and served as a navigating officer in P0 liners to India and Australia. After producing an acclaimed life of Admiral Karl Donitz, he wrote biographies of two other Nazi leaders. His work as a naval historian received show more the Mountbatten Maritime Prize. show less
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- Canonical title*
- Dönitz et la guerre des U-Boote
- People/Characters
- Karl Dönitz; Wilhelm Souchon; Erich Raeder; Wilfried von Loewenfeld; Ingeborg Weber; Hermann Göring (show all 13); Heinrich Himmler; Albert Speer; Wilhelm Keitel; Alfred Jodl; Eberhard Godt; Adolf Hitler; Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
- Important places
- Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Important events
- World War I; World War II; Kiel mutiny (1918); Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch; Battle of the Atlantic
- Original language*
- Allemand
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 943.086 — History & geography History of Europe Central Europe: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech, Poland, Hungary Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Third Reich 1933-1945
- LCC
- DD247 .D63 .P34 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Germany History of Germany History By period Modern, 1519- 19th-20th centuries Revolution and Republic, 1918-
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- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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