Karl Doenitz (1891-1980).Doenitz was a German naval leader,who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitler's suicide.Following the war, Doenitz was held as a prisoner of war by the victors, who accused him of war crimes. He was indicted as a major war criminal at the Nuremberg trials on three counts: (1) "conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity", (2) "Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression", and (3) "crimes against the laws of war". Among the war crimes charges, he was accused of waging unrestricted submarine warfare for issuing War Order No. 154 in 1939, and another similar order after the Laconia incident in 1942, not to rescue survivors from ships attacked by submarine. By issuing these two orders he was found guilty of causing Germany to be in breach of the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936.[1].Doenitz was found not guilty on count (1) of the Indictment, but guilty on counts (2) and (3) and was sentenced to ten years in prison. However, in view of all the facts proven, and in particular of an order of the British Admiralty announced on 8 May 1940, according to which all vessels should be sunk on sight in the Skagerrak, and the answers to interrogatories by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, wartime commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, stating that unrestricted submarine warfare had been carried on in the Pacific Ocean by the United States from the first day that nation entered the war, Doenitz's order to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare was not officially included in his sentence,[1] but was still the main reason why most judges wanted him convicted. He was imprisoned for ten years in Spandau Prison in West Berlin.

There are many who believe that the trial of Doenitz was a travesty and that his conviction on any charge was unjustified. This book details the views of leaders in various fields, both civilian and military, on this trial which, as the front dust jacket blurb states, "strips away the utter sham, hypocrisy and blatant illegalities of this trial."

The book was edited by H.K. Thompson and Henry Sturutz. Pub. Amber Publishing Corp., New York City.1976.This is a special limited edition of 250 copies being #185 and it is signed by Karl Doenitz as shown.pp.198. The book is replete with facsimile signatures of all of those who contributed opinions to the book.There is a preface by William Hart.The book still has the clear glycine wrapper and comes with the original slipcase. There no other books liuke this currently for sale.It is a rare and important book and is priced accordingly.

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