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    Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich

    By Barry Turner

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    Among the military leaders of the Second World War, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply enigmatic figure. As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler – to whom he was unquestioningly loyal – as head of the Third Reich, his name became associated with all that was most hated in the Nazi regime.

    Yet Doenitz deserves credit for ending the war quickly while trying to save his compatriots in the East – his Dunkirk-style operation across the Baltic rescued up to 2 million troops and civilian refugees.

    Historian Barry Turner argues that while Doenitz can never be dissociated from the evil done under the Third Reich, his contribution to the war must be acknowledged in its entirety in order to properly understand the conflict.

    An even-handed portrait of Nazi Germany’s last leader and a compellingly readable account of the culmination of the war in Europe, Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich gives a fascinating new perspective on a complex man at the heart of this crucial period in history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateSep 3, 2015
    ISBN9781848319233
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    Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich
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    Barry Turner

    Barry Turner is a bestselling historian whose many books include Suez 1956, When Daddy Came Home (with Tony Rennell), Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich (Icon, 2015) – ‘a page-turning narrative’ (Daily Mail) – and The Berlin Airlift (Icon, 2017) – ‘a fine piece of popular history’ (BBC History). His latest book, Waiting for War, was published by Icon in 2019.

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      For the most part, the title says it all: this book is an examination of the period in between the death of Hitler at the end of April, 1945, and the surrender of German forces approximately a week later. A decent book, but nothing you haven't seen before if you've read a lot of World War II books, and that includes a lot of the background material that's about the first third of the book. Not particularly recommended, largely because it's a recapitulation.