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To: Arioch7
The Nazi Submarine commanders had some excellent Officers as well although once again I am not able to remember the names.

Admiral Karl Donitz. Though I don't think he was a Nazi.

357 posted on 11/14/2004 7:53:47 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Missouri
I had an argument with a World War Two buff that Donitz was not a rabid Nazi and he said "He was convicted by the Nuremberg Court."

From what I understand, he stopped Hitler's inspections of his crew to weed out Jews. He protected his crew from the Nazis and behaved in a reasonably honorable fashion given the circumstances.

I'm trying to think of individual sub commanders. Most of them were telegenic guys who wound up as folk heros back in Germany. Two Officers were a big deal if my memory serves right. One had blond hair and a movie star attitude, and one was just a kick ass Officer.

Arioch7 out.

369 posted on 11/14/2004 8:04:55 PM PST by Arioch7
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To: Missouri

Right. Karl Donitz. And he wasn't a Nazi - he hated the Nazis.


392 posted on 11/14/2004 8:29:15 PM PST by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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