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@MrSvenovitch

Жыл бұрын

@C L it's just a disgusting robot voice you dits

@bold810

Жыл бұрын

I prefer the "Warmongerer" webtoon. juss sayin'.

@bold810

Жыл бұрын

​@@Donnell0303on KZread look for Othello Khanh "Ciao Ceaucescu". It's one of the best songs ever written and so very obscure. Worth watching.

@micahrider5727

Жыл бұрын

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@bjarnepedersen7948

Жыл бұрын

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Donitz only ordered the "total war" command after the U-boat that sank the Laconia (I think) was helping survivors, while a huge red cross was draped over the U-boat, then being attacked by a US bomber. This plane not only attacked the U-boat, but also killed the civilian passengers in 2 rescue boats. The U-boat commander risked his boat and the lives of his men. After the attack, then and only then did he issue that order. Out of necessity.

@hippiesaboteur2556

8 ай бұрын

You, sir, are absolutely correct. The ship that was sunk was the Laconia. Dönitz only issued the order as a result of everything which transpired after the vessel sunk, and his submariners went in to rescue the vessel's survivors, and were still attacked by allied forces

@InfraRedLXIX

5 ай бұрын

Not only this but the submarine commander put a call out on open air waves knowing that it would be intercepted by allied command (hoping that the allies would come and help). He asked that any Uboats in the area help him rescue survivors. Two other Uboats, possibly more, answered the call and also flew the red cross attempting to help rescue survivors. On a side note, it was an American Liberator. It also circled the Uboats at low altitude allowing it to see that not only were the Uboats rescuing survivors, not shooting at the plane but also flying the Red Cross on their conning towers. After it circled them a few times, it began strafing them.

@sidneytaylor8341

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for that information, never heard that before. Amazing how 1 titbit of information changes everything

@irahzi938

2 ай бұрын

@ssmerican

@user-ut6ji8my2h

Ай бұрын

He was complying with the "Cruiser Rules" dictated by the treaty of Versailles which stated that a submarine had to allow the crew to stop and disembark into lifeboats before sinking their ship. I agree though, the guy that bombed the U-Boats that were trying to save people was an A-hole It's amazing how things often hinge on relatively small mistakes made by small people. Hitler never intended that the Luftwaff bomb London. It all started because one German bomber flown by a rookie flew off course.

His role is usually forgotten but now it won't be as overlooked as much thanks to your presentation.

@sirwelch9991

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbamforth6453 Sure. I wasn't referring to his role in the Nazi Party but his role as semi-recognized president and how little info is truly given about his entire life.

The order not to assist survivors of sinkings was as a direct result of the "Laconia incidence " understandable when the actions of the Allies in that event are taken into account.

@charlesrousseau6837

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps more prosaically, it would be quite difficult to host a significant number of survivors of a ship into or on the deck of a type 7 sub, considering that such would have the battle capability of the sub rendered zero until the survivors were passed onto shore some couple of weeks later.

@vectravi2008

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesrousseau6837 Correct. In this instance the submarine captain radioed for help and promised not to attack any vessel that might come to help. But instead the allies sent out a bomber to attack the sub. Because of this the order was given not to assist survivers of sinkings as it put the survival of the u boat and its crew at risk.

It's interesting that one of the people brought in regards to Donitz's orders about unrestricted submarine warfare. Chester Nimitz had to defend him saying that the U.S submarines operating in the Pacific were under the same orders. Nimitz himself spending part of his early navy career in submarines.

@dorienberteletti2129

Жыл бұрын

Very true and nice that an American stepped up to defend him.

@ernestocayetano6888

Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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As a man who gave his life and two sons in the 39-45 war, Karl Doenitz was only one man who was there at the time to take on his duties. Many British officers did the same thing in India and many parts of Africa, the Sudan and South Africa to name but teo.

Hard to get history without judgement. As Sgt. Joe Friday would say, “Just the facts ma’am “. Thanks!

57:45 German u-boats would pick up prisoners and in one case German U-boat captain pickup hundreds of people from a ship that had sunk, with people inside the submarine and outside, preventing it from diving The U-boat captain even called on the radio on a open channel for other vessels to help In The rescue but the US air forces chose to attacked the German U-boat nevertheless and after that incident Dönitz gave orders to not pick up survivors their after.

@nick0875

Жыл бұрын

That was the infamous Laconia Incident in late 1942 where U-156 picked up survivors from the ship RMS Laconia which was transporting Italian prisoners of war. Saving the survivors of sunken ships was discouraged by this point in the war, in fact Germans submarines were violating the Cruiser Rules by attacking civilian merchant ships without warning. This incident reaffirmed Doenitz's position on the matter.

@reginaldmcnab3265

Жыл бұрын

Very Interesting! UBoat picking up survivors, deliberately attacked, resulting in Uniate command forbids u-boat from picking up survivors

Donitz was doing his job, stopping war supplies from reaching England. Our submarine fleet did the same thing to Japan with the same goal, make them surrender.

@music2872

Жыл бұрын

He was a wwi hero and kept the u boot service honorable He was a true man.

@chrissmith3509

Жыл бұрын

Our? Only Americans can watch this?

@BigJack512

Жыл бұрын

@@chrissmith3509 🙄🤡

@skeeterd5150

Жыл бұрын

@@chrissmith3509 relax I’m sure he/she didn’t mean that. Allied would have been a better word.

@Florida_man407

Жыл бұрын

​@@chrissmith3509 stop being a cry bee otch U know exactly what that person was saying

Definitely He was a Very Accomplished Man with a very High intelligence Level too go with His Eventual success in His Naval Career. Thank You for Sharing this Documentary on Him.

Your videos are so well searched and narrated! Thanks for them!

@josephmbele6892

Жыл бұрын

Greatest work

Donitz and my grandfather were close colleagues and friends in Aumühle after the war. My grandfather served as a chief engineer on various ammo/transport ships during WW2. He was technically a civilian. It sucks my grandfather died when I was too young to care and pump him for information on such a significant figure such as Karl Donitz.

@dieterpeisker8567

Жыл бұрын

😅😊

@paulstewart6293

Жыл бұрын

That's life mon cher.

@nikkiboyer8971

Жыл бұрын

I know it sucks. I wish I could have a chance to talk to my grandmother's family but they were all gassed in Treblinka within 30 min from arrival from Warsaw's ghetto. But first everything was stolen from them, they were terrorized and humiliated. The german shit killed also my grandmother's niece, she was 4 years old. Those who did just followed orders.

@martynichols32

9 ай бұрын

Bet your Grandfather would be interesting, my Uncles never said much about WW2. One got shot at & missed, the other one got shot up and hit several times. He was the cool one & joked around about getting shrapnel in his back & losing his bird finger.

@charlemagne3920

9 ай бұрын

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Watched from Jamaica thou far away from the front yet Donitz's hands were felt here. His U-boats patroled our waters sank and damage ships. One particular ship(I believe it's name was the Web Star) that was sank, the crew was aided by submariners and after giving them a loaf of bread a ship crew looked on the lable and say that it was from Huntinson Barkery, Cross Road, Kingston, Jamaica! Those U-boat crew would secretly come ashore and enjoy themselves. I know of one U-boat that was attacked and probeble sank off out east coast U-759 by US navy plane VP-32. and I know of another US navy squadron (VS-60) that attacked 2 sub while based at Vernam Field (Jamaica). I think he was treaded fairly.

@drummer78

Жыл бұрын

The U-Boats probably had their greatest success in the Caribbean.

@hippiesaboteur2556

8 ай бұрын

Submarine warfare had already certainly made enough of an impact even before the second world war... to the point where back in 1919, the US government decided to purchase several Caribbean islands from the Dutch, and is how the United States Virgin islands came to be. Obviously there were numerous different reasons which motivated the decision for them doing it, but initially in the very beginning, the primary purpose behind the US acquisition of these little islands was so they could construct military (especially naval) installations, and could be used both as a sort of defensive position (along with several other places throughout the area), as well as a place with which they could execute launch/recovery, refuel/rearm/resupply, maintenance/repair, etc operations of US naval vessels, especially submarines. I actually used to work at & live near the former naval (submarine) facilities, down by the main harbor on the southern coast of St. Thomas. And although it hasn't been an actual active US navy yard/installation for many years now, to this day, all of the locals & anyone else who knows the area still refer to it just as "sub base"

Sharing your research about Adm. Donitz is appreciated. He was a fine sailor an was also one who was respected for his naval warfare skills. Thank you.

@BCSoHappy

Жыл бұрын

Well, he should be. It isn’t every man who is strong enough to sink ships with civilians, children, no way to defend themselves

@amonke5276

7 ай бұрын

​@@BCSoHappyif the americans didnt filled those ships with weapons that would have never happened

My father's boss, U-boot commander Ernst Jürgen Vanselow (1918-2006). My brother (Peter) and miself (Klaus) still alive and kicking...jeje😂

Thanks. Been waiting for doenitzs videos by you for almost a year. Good job.

Donitz is an interesting person to study. Since he shows many of the weaknesses of the Germany Navy, which in my opinion was still looking at WW1 and using older obsolete ideas. He did as well he could with his U-Boats. He a good group of well trained officers and men at the start of the war, but no real reserves. Like the Japanese Naval Aviators. By 1994, the old-U-boats that started the war were obsolete. It was waste to continue to send them on patrols with an almost zero chance to survive. I suspect he knew more about the slave labor camps and other activities then was brought out at Nuremburg. He was lucky to get only 10 years, but it helped he had the best lawyer of all the defendants.

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

1944*

Fantastic content, People Profiles! Thank you

According to war journalist James P O' Donnell in his book "The Berlin Bunker" Hitler only started inquiring about Donitz after he felt betrayed by his generals when Stiener didn't initiate the counter offensive to liberate Berlin because at that time he seldom trusted anyone in his inner circle after Himmler and Goring's betrayal so he opted to give the only military commander who wasn't involved in the politics of the Reich the Presidency in his final will and testament which was typed by Martin Bormann in the bunker and not because Donitz's Nazi affiliation

@josephshulman6666

Жыл бұрын

I've always thought it odd that it would be a Naval Officer who would be appointed as the last leader of Nazi Germany 🇩🇪

@dcbarnum

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good post. It was certainly a slap at the Wehrmacht leadership.

@cpfs936

Жыл бұрын

And Goebbels was #3 in line until after both Goering and Himmler pissed Hitler off. I can't believe they missed/neglected that part, as it's common knowledge among WWII geeks.

@dcbarnum

Жыл бұрын

@@cpfs936 recall a Hitler quote asking one of his secretary's to "rack your brains" for a successor in or around 1943. Nobody was ever going to be up to Hitler's personal standards of leadership especially late in the War. But obviously by April 29, 1945 Hitler had no illusions that any of these leadership roles that he put in his Last Will would be acceptable. The most surprised man in the world was Donitz himself, and it probably earned him 10 years at Spandau Prison.

@derekheeps1244

11 ай бұрын

Karl Donitz was NOT a Nazi ; in fact he refused ever to give the Nazi salute and always used the naval one ; there is a famous picture of Hitler inspecting Battleship Bismarck and Doenitz giving the naval salute while others around him gave the nazi one .

I wonder how many lives were spared on both sides by Admiral Karl Dönitz when he as the Reich President surrendered to the Allies? He was a sailor that took orders and served his country. I honestly feel that he should not have been tried for war crimes let alone having to serve time in prison.

Sorry, but the Royal Oak was not off Scapa Flow, she was inside Scapa Flow at anchor. U 47 penetrated the harbor, sank a battleship and escaped. Actually quite a feat.

This is the first and only "The People Profiles" video I've seen. Bravo. It is astounding what is absent: bullshit. Thank you.

@music2872

Жыл бұрын

The small hats have not yet spread their hate here

Another excellent video! Thanks!!👍

I think Karl Donitz was a miltary man of the highest honor. He did the same thing the Allies did. The man lost two sonsw in this war.

@c7flat13

Жыл бұрын

the highest honor?? pfffft. odd thing to say about a committed nazi.

@jacksonreilly3441

Жыл бұрын

@@c7flat13 He was not politically active but strictly a military man. Were the admirals in Staliin's navy not all committed communists?

@c7flat13

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksonreilly3441 no. not necessarily.

@watkinsrory

Жыл бұрын

@@c7flat13 He did what was ordered of him just like any GI in Iraq.

@karlvonboldt

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksonreilly3441 Stalin killed or removed his generals, promoted only colonels that were devoted commies.

Adding the little I know , Dönitz was liked by the sea men, he also had a tendency to come and welcome u-boats from their mission.

@joem3999

Жыл бұрын

He also sent daily messages to all his boats at sea as he likewise loved his men. The allies were able to break the naval enigma code in no small part due to that. Some Uboat skippers figured it out and stopped replying. Once the boat replied the allies could pinpoint the boat's location even before they broke the naval enigma. This may all be mentioned. Still watching so who knows haha.

@MajSolo

Жыл бұрын

@@joem3999 yes the brittish code crackers needed a larger statistical sample of words to work on. The more radio traffic better for the code crackers.

@MajSolo

Жыл бұрын

the brittish code crackers "anchor" was was north east west south weather etc and so on in a decending scale of importance. Also the german dictionary of words in decending order. They only used statistical methods when cracking.

@MajSolo

Жыл бұрын

through the years I never heared a documentary about USA intelligence in these years... what did they achieve if anything basic? No the brittish really fought this war well on all fronts. Nothing to complain about. Also ASDIC needed to be mounted on the vessels to hunt uboats. ( you know this from the movies ) But this is the problem of superpowers ... you think that you have a great design , and you field them in numbers .... then things change .... the cost to replace them with a brand new design is too high. So you modify the vehicles you got. And in this case fielding as much ASDIC as you possibly can in a hurry. the destroyers were desired everywhere by commanders so they might not be there but the corvettes sure was .... so usually mathematically the destroyers be ahead and on the flanks and the corvettes further back since once the uboat dowe underneath finally the corvettes could catch up. But the destroyers were desirable and maybe the formation was only denfended by corvettes. Germans note so many uboat crews died what about allied crews?

@joem3999

Жыл бұрын

@@MajSolo At what point did I mention Americans or British or ANYONE else by name? I said "Allies" did I not? It's ok to be proud, but not an idiot.

Excellent video. At 55 and a history buff i didnt even know who he was.

Amazingly good! Thank you!!

I made a comment 1 hour before this got released asking for a video on the grand admiral ! Wow

Another superb bio.

very excellent docu. thsank you for a great job. cheers from Greenland.

According to war journalist James P O' Donnell in his book "The Berlin Bunker" Hitler only started inquiring about Donitz after he felt betrayed by his generals when Stiener didn't initiate the counter offensive to liberate Berlin because at that time he seldom trusted anyone in his inner circle after Himmler and Goring's betrayal so he opted to give the only military commander who wasn't involved in the politics of the Reich the Presidency in his final will and testament which was typed by Martin Bormann in the bunker and not because Donitz's Nazi affiliation. As a man, who gave his life and two sons in the 39-45 war, Karl Doenitz; was only one man who was there at the time to take on his duties. Many British officers did the same thing in India and many parts of Africa, the Sudan and South Africa to name few. best wishes Aijaz from Pakistan

This 'biography' of Karl Doenitz is at best marginal. It is riddled with inaccuracies and omissions. In fact, there are so many issues, I don't know where to begin. This comment is not meant to defend or condemn him, but rather to clear up some of the mistakes here. The narrator claims that Doenitz committed war crimes by attacking civilian and neutral shipping. While he very well gave orders to that affect, so did Admiral Chester Nimitz, who in fact appeared at Nuremberg to testify on the behalf of Doenitz, stating that he himself issued similar orders of unrestricted submarine warfare. Also it should be noted, if attempting to blockade Britain and starve the British into submission was a war crime, then why have the British never been held to that standard when they did the same to Germany during WW1 when countless people starved as a result of deploying the same methods? Furthermore, Admiral Erich Raeder was not fired, he resigned as a consequence of Hitler's incompetence and constant meddling in Raeder's affairs. Raeder kept insisting on the expansion of German naval surface forces by building not only battleships, but also aircraft carriers. A fact that didn't sit well with Goering, who saw all of Germany's air forces his exclusive domain and did not approve of Raeder's control over a separate naval air force and Hitler sided with Goering and kept reallocating valuable raw materials to other projects such as monstrous size tanks and field artillery, which did absolutely nothing to win the war. All of these disagreements eventually led Erich Raeder to throw in the towel and he resigned. There are a number of other mistakes and/or omissions, but naming them all would mean I'd have to write a novel here, so I'll leave it at this

From May 43 to May 45 german uboats went to a New stage that Dönitz himself called total undersea war. Equipped with schnorkels uboats hid in the shallow waters around Britain and the US East Coast. They could stay under water for up to 70 days. Uboats lost to airpatrols dropped dramatically and blechley park had less material to work with since uboats became almost radio silent

Great video!

my dad was in the british merchant navy, carrying 17,000 tonnes of munitions, cross the atlantic, then the med to resupply monty. he survived lots did not. some ppl say the canandian converted fishing boats turned the tide. not so the british destroyers got radar and sonar. and got an enigma machine.

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

Those men are unsung heroes and your Dad was very brave. If you watch documentaries like "Victory at Sea", you"ll see examples of the atrocious conditions they had to fight in, in the North Atlantic. Ships tossed by waves hundred feet high and coated with ice. Torpedoed ships spilled flaming oil and men into that oil in the sea. So in a freezing sea, men essentially burned to death or escaped and froze to death. Horrible.

I think some of his relatives have settled here in Australia, and have a shop called "Dunking Donutz"

Donitz is far more complex carecter and his men respected him for a good reson as they knew he cared and tryed his best for them,ironicly the german marine did not get as much of a bad wrap as the other branches of the german milletery

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Professional class A research project!!! Donitz down fall was his stupidity/arrogance failing to grasp 👊 the fact that Bletchley park's code breakers. Did just that/ broke the enigma code. Not to mention the fact he didn't have enough submarines. To cut ✂ off Britain's supply line for survival. Along with advancements in sonar/convoy escorts after 1942 the Uboat advantage quickly deteriorated.

Heavy losses of uboat because Donitz fail to aware that british captured their enigma machine

Not only this but the submarine commander put a call out on open air waves knowing that it would be intercepted by allied command (hoping that the allies would come and help). He asked that any Uboats in the area help him rescue survivors. Two other Uboats, possibly more, answered the call and also flew the red cross attempting to help rescue survivors. On a side note, it was an American Liberator. It also circled the Uboats at low altitude allowing it to see that not only were the Uboats rescuing survivors, not shooting at the plane but also flying the Red Cross on their conning towers. After it circled them a few times, it began strafing them.

Regarding war crimes and Grand Admiral Donitz: No. He carried out orders and commanded the Kreigsmarine to the best of his ability in war.

this is one of the best WWII docs I've ever watched front to back.... Well done.

@asullivan4047

14 күн бұрын

Excellent still-motion photography pictures. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing-!!!😉

I always disagreed with Admiral Karl being charged for doing the same thing as the US and Britain did.

@Mike-tu7uw

Жыл бұрын

😂The US and Britain didn’t use slave labor to build their ships and ports and materials did they? Idiot.

@BasementEngineer

Жыл бұрын

@@Mike-tu7uw Semantics. If you wanted to eat you had to work.

@Mike-tu7uw

Жыл бұрын

@@BasementEngineer 😂 Wow. If you don’t want to be murdered you worked for the Nazis

@darbyohara

7 ай бұрын

Every country did the same crooked nasty shit. But the side that wins get to decide who was the bad guy

He was a loyal commander he deserves respect for that.

@raulm1961

Жыл бұрын

He was a hardcore Nazi.

@jacksonreilly3441

Жыл бұрын

@@raulm1961 So?

@raulm1961

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksonreilly3441 Really.. 6 million butchered men women and children

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksonreilly3441 So it sullies his otherwise high reputation as a skilled naval commander.

@jacksonreilly3441

Жыл бұрын

@@madgavin7568 This is a specious argument. While Grossadmiral Doenitz did adhere to the policies of the NSDAP, there is no evidence that he was ever a party member and he achieved all of his promotions in rank through military proficiency rather than political influence. In fact, it was contrary to law in the Reich for serving members of the Wehrmacht to hold NSDAP membership. Along the same lines, have you researched the political sympathies of senior Allied military officers such as Field Marshal Montgomery, General Eisenhower, Admiral Nimitz or Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur Harris? What of Marshal Georgy Zhukov of Stalin's Red Army? Is there any possibility he may have harboured communist beliefs or sympathies? Standards which are not applied equally are not really standards at all.

great effort

Admiral Donny a true naval officer lost two sons in the great war. Allies respected him. Hence he was shown leniency

Love this channel and thank you! However, I don't want ads, or a "quick word from x and y" please. I already pay KZread premium specifically so videos I watch are not interrupted. Thanks 👍

The reason Dönitz was not executed was a letter from Admiral Chester Nimitz asking that he not receive the death penalty.

He served 10 years in prison. He knowing approved of slave labor to build his U-boats. He was in no way an innocent.

@user-sm4xj6wy8n

10 ай бұрын

Haha, slave labour (Italian POW's) were used in South Africa, by the British, to build roads and mountain passes. So WHILE the British were doing that, they accused the Germans of the same thing.

In early 1940 Karl Doenitz with his U-boot has successfully created big problems in Atlantik. Hundreds of British cargo ships, merchant ships and particularly tanker ships have been sunk during the legendary “Battle of Atlntic”. Until Winston Churchill the British PM expressed that he was so frightened by U-boot menace

@erikracz4162

9 ай бұрын

He should have been more frightened by his so called ally, Stalin, what a mistake. We still have Russia pointing nuclear weapons at us today! I have a very low opinion of what the Allie’s did since 1918, they made a mess of everything, and claimed they know what they were doing. Bologna! 🤣

The regime was as crooked as a dog's hind leg, but there were men in service who actually seemed to have integrity and pride in what they were doing.

In war you do whats needed. The alies also blockaded the resource shipping to germany. They also killed millions of suviliens in ar raids. The even sank a u boat that carried hundreds of alied survivors, but none of those people were on trail.

The most sad thing about Carl Dønitz beside the fact he nearly drowned in world war 1 when the uboat he served on was bombed out of the water - but what i mean is that the way he tried to manage and control the uboat fleet by demanding them to report back to base quiet often by radio without not ever suspects the enigma code maschine was breached already in the year of late 1942 by the team at blechy park - the system briefly was working without the allied could listen with becauce the germans exspanded the enigma kode maschine with 2 ekstra wheels making the coding more safe but some time in 1943 it was able to read the messages from Dønitz to the uboat and from the uboat back to the navy headquater making it possible to trace the boats and sink them rather effective - if the uboats had secret messages on papers it would have been safer overall - maybe the only person not to see that was Dønits

@sygmaone

Жыл бұрын

Wiah he had drowned with all the other nazis

@objectiveobserver2792

Жыл бұрын

Good luck getting a secret message on paper to a U-boat in the Atlantic

The alies never considered unrestricted bombings on German cities like the nuclear bomb of japan a war crime

@mfblowfish4671

Жыл бұрын

To the victors go the spoils.

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

The Germans did the same, but just not on the scale the Allies did. Rotterdam bombing was an outrage at the time, but the German's already bombed civilians in the Spanish Civil War.

My uncle was in the German navy. He retired to France. He said in the navy his two armpits helped him retire early. Momma explained it to me. But my uncle seemed happy with the 5 navy men he lived with on that ship in the harbor.

Informative documentary coverage video about Donits print fingers through leading Nazism nevagation efforts .especially submarines weapons ...he became 3rd Riech Chancellor ....in last times of Nazism regimes period...thanks for sharing

Thanks!

@PeopleProfiles

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Now you gotta do some Italian commanders in WW2

@mns8732

Жыл бұрын

Can't find any.

Very well done wow this should grow huge

All very interesting and well presented. But shops are ‘sunk’, not sank!

Doenitz was never Chancellor, as stated early on in this film; he was the nominated head of state; the chancellor after Hitler was (briefly) Goebbels, and then - in fact if not in title - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk.

Interesting documentary

Thanks.

It is not menthioned that during the Nuremberg trails, US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz signed a declaration stating that Admiral Donitz acted under the rules of engagement and did not commit any war crime. Donitz once in position as leader of the German country made great efforts in order to save as many lives as possible moving his troops and civilians west to the US and British front. Their is no doubt that hes was a very interesting actor of WWII and therefore he received the last recognition at his funeral.

Outstanding

A fantastic piece....ive never heard of him until i saw this......i think his punishment of 10 years was fair only due to the fact that he was a dog of war following orders...

Always the go-getter, the Great Submariner's nickname from childhood was "Dunkin'".

@bravosierra2447

Жыл бұрын

'Dunkin Dontiz' 😅

@destubae3271

Жыл бұрын

​@@bravosierra2447 Lol

I think Karl Donitz had plausible deniability I am surprised the allies were able to make the charges stick, beyond reasonable doubt. When he became the German Chancellor he should of retracted all War Crimes breaches.

Not quite accurate regarding Donitz succession to Hitler. When President Hindenburg died in 1934 Hitler, who was already Chancellor, assumed the duties of President as well. Hitler appointed Donitz as President and Goebbles as Chancellor, thereby reestablishing the old model. With Goebbles suicide on May 1, 1945, Donitz assumed the powers of Chancellor more or less by default. Not that it really mattered much. Donitz was not, however, named as Goebbles successor by Hitler in his will.

I had an idea to open a chain of Donut shops called "Karl's Donuts", but I couldn't get any funding. I was going to sell Sinkers and Luftwaffles. I still think it was a great idea.

The role of the novel centimetric radar in detection of U-boats should be emphasized.

Karl Dönitz knew that he did not have enough submarines to defeat UK or prevent Baltic Fleet or Black Sea Fleet from defending Sevastopol or Leningrad. Reason why he went along with it was his personal ambition and possibly believe that Luftwaffe and Heer could cover what the Kriegsmarine lacked.

I am a firm believer that had donitz gotten the 300 u boats he asked for and the enigma not been compromised , the war would have went a very different way. Before you correct me on the number of U-boats I wrote know I am just estimating. Donitz didn't receive close to the amount he wanted

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

Even had he got that many subs and had maintained secrecy, the U-boots were slow. Once the convoys could be escorted by aircraft carriers and as SONAR and antisub weapons improved, the effectiveness of U-boot warfare dropped off substantially. The war would have been extended probably and then Germany just might have received their own unwanted atom bomb.

@lokensga

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but then Hitler would have had to give up some of his beloved Tiger tanks, which ate up steel resources like crazy! Not to mention fuel. C'mon! Behemoth tanks can be SEEN! And HEARD! Not like those sneaky subs which wouldn't inspire ANYbody! Gotta have showmanship!

@stevesick1

Жыл бұрын

@@fazole the only reason the u boat effectiveness stopped was because the allies had the code book. Everytime a uboat surfaced and gave a weather report their position was instantly triangulated. So them being slow meant nothing. The allies were on the verge of stopping the convoys but the code book and enigma were recovered from a uboat. Thats why I said if the enigma wasn't compromised it could have changed the war. Underwater sonar technology In WW2 was years away from being decently effective.

@stevesick1

Жыл бұрын

@@lokensga they say Hitler had almost no knowledge of naval doctrine and avoided it as much as he could. In reality he was just a corporal in the infantry. If he listened to Donitz and didn't omvade Russia he could have had all of europe

Raeder wasn't sacked - he insisted on retirement against Hitler's wishes; although if Hitler had wanted to insist he remain, it would have been impossible for him to do anything else. In that respect only, he could be said to have been dismissed. Doenitz did not succed Goebbels, he succeeded Hitler - Goebbels was never head of state. As for whether he was treated leniently or not - it's a bit late now to get worked up about it, but compared with comparable war crimes by the Russians, and, arguably, the blanket bombing of Hamburg, Wurzburg and Dresden, there was at least an element of victor's justice, even if his defence didn't really stand up on the 'just obeying orders' front. This was a good documentary - pronunciation of German names correct, for once, and so far as I'm any judge, broadly accurate. The inaccuracies aren't that important, but still need correction.

He just being a naval officer what choices did he have his options were very limited.

I truly feel that Karl Donitz was a soldier and not a politician. I don't think he was in anyway involved in the holocaust. He did bring the war to a swift end,and this could be the reason he was given a funeral with full military honor 🎖 upon his passing.

Good documentary but completely left out that he became a leader in the post war Bundesmarine and was very much respected by his men. History is written by the victor- imagine the war trials of ‘Bomber Harries’ and others killing civilians…

These documentaries always leave out how the Poles played a crucial role in cracking the enigma code. The British always seem like they want all the credit.

Did he have a brother Dunkin Donitz?

@alechamid235

10 ай бұрын

No, that was Sunken Donuts, his boat sank.

I believe sadly that Doneitz was perhaps entirely reasonable in his submission that the two deserters face the ultimate penalty, no matter the war was at an end

Arthur Seyss Inquart maybe

Karl was my great grandpas great grandpa. Interesting asf

@Frank--Lee

11 ай бұрын

nope!

Hero

Dönitz...Yeah. During the war, German submarines sank all kinds of merchant ships. They only made an exception for the ships of Aristotle Onassis... Why?... After the war, the US Congress began an investigation into this strange fact. Two months after the investigation began, it was abruptly terminated, without fanfare or explanation.

Carl, as with so many others in the German military, was a brilliant Officer, dedicated to his country and people. Erwin Rommel was sentenced to death by Hitler. For opposing Hitler on the camps killing and being falsely accused of joining the underground plotting his assassination. Hitler killed 84 of his own Officers before destroying Germany and Europe. He created an atmosphere that so many would be blamed for his actions. The military was under orders, as any veteran knows what can happen when you disobey orders. It is all very tragic but the Nazi Party was fighting Communists in the streets before Hitler came to power. Now, the world is again fighting Communists infiltrating many governments including America.

@deletelemon1

Жыл бұрын

Nazis and Commies both are radical left. And the leftists deny it.

Jack Parsons n von brauns occult side of notaspaceagency would b a great show

@fazole

Жыл бұрын

Parsons was really into it! As was JFC Fuller, the British founder of Blitzkrieg tactics which Guderian read.

So Donutz had to do day for day on his little ol' ten spot. That ain't doodly-squat. He got off easy, could have went to a hemp rope dance or LWOP.

The man known to history as...

Wow, I always thought his name was Donuts ?

I think the confederate states will give you a good argument for the first powered submarine

It is not at all strange that Hitler became so popular. When you study the Versailles treaty and the impact it had on the German population, it has to be clear that anyone who took action against this treaty would become a hero with the masses. You also have to take into account that Jews were not generally liked in all of Europe before WWII. I'm old enough to have spoken with people from that era and this anti Jews sentiment was quite common.

Donitz sent 80% of his submariners to their death.

@billenright2788

Жыл бұрын

They volunteered for U-boat duty. they all knew the risks.

@kulrul9180

Жыл бұрын

Wow, ho can say that soliders duty is to die if necessary 😅

@Idahoguy10157

Жыл бұрын

@@kulrul9180 … aside from Kamikaze pilots who else than Donitz’s submariners had a higher fatality rate?

@music2872

Жыл бұрын

@@Idahoguy10157 you say this as if the men who went werent willing Hows tel aviv today?

you know all those Nazi's once the war was over claimed to have worked as a cook or as a memeber of the trumpet band

karl doenitz . my world . somewhere . is my mind maybe in my heart like albert speer and hjamach schart

The British got there first ENIGMA machine in 1939 from the Polish

Another military blunder: Hitler had no Naval force of any serious consequences. Wolf submarine forces disrupted British shipping however that is far from, conversely, the British juggernaut naval forces of 1938-45.

The Confederate States of America used multiple submarines during the American Civil War, including the CSS H. L. Hunley and the CSS David

Just my humble opinion, but I think Hitler chose him as successor, not only because he trusted Doenitz, but also, that Hitler thought the U-boat leader was the only person left that could save what was left of Germany from the Soviets and negotiate whatever was left with the allies.

I want to know what his occupation was from the time he was released until he died.

@ghorn3136

Жыл бұрын

He retired to write his memoirs and authored two books.

Next time you make a documentary about Dönitz, make it about Dönitz, not about some trivial WW2 information.