Sea Classics, April 1st, 2005
Part One
The man who first commanded the wartime Kriegsmarine was often at odds with the demonic Füher
He had a meteoric career that saw him rise from humble sea cadet to head of one of the world's great Navies. As a counselor on Naval affairs, he had the ear and rapt attention ofboth his Kaiser and Fuhrer, as well as a democratically-"flected Reich President in between. Awarded a Grand Admiral's baton of office by Adolf Hitler in 1939, he served out most of WWII at odds with his country's political, aerial and even military leadership, and resigned his post in 1943, only to be convicted by...
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