Dönitz: A Defense

by David T. Zabecki

A Merriam Press Original Publication

Military Monograph MM216

In this work, Zabecki proves conclusively that Dönitz was innocent of the charges leveled against him at Nuremberg by the Allies.

• Introduction

• Background: Karl Dönitz

• Background: The International Military Tribunal

• Crimes Against Peace

• War Crimes

• Conclusion

• Appendices

  • Testimony of Fleet Admiral Nimitz, U.S. Navy, 11 May 1946

  • Excerpts from Defense of Merchant Shipping Handbook 1938 (D.M.S.)

  • Statement Under Oath of Chief Admiral Raeder

  • Declaration of Former Submarine Commanders

  • Extract from the War Diary of the Naval Staff, 1939 (KTB SK1 Part C, Booklet VIII, 1939)

  • Extract from the War Diary of the Commander-in-Chief of the Submarine Command, 1939 (KTB BDU 1.-15 October 1939)

  • Extract from the War Diary of the Chief of the Submarine Command, 1942 (KTB BDU, September 1939)

  • Extract from the War Diary of the Naval Staff, 1939 (KTB SK1 Part C, Booklet VIII, 1939)

  • Extract from the War Diary of the Commander of the Submarine Command West, 1939 (KTB FDU West, October 1939)

  • Indictments, Verdicts and Sentences of the Defendants

  • Third Reich Positions of the Defendants

  • IQs of the Defendants

  • Specific Counts of the Nuremberg Indictment

  • A Note from Dönitz (his comment after reading the original manuscript)

• Bibliography

Specifications

• Fifth Edition (April 2007)
• 118 — 6 × 9 inch pages
• Paperback – $14.95
  • Perfect bound, full-color wrap-around cover
• Hardcover – $34.95
  • Blue linen cover with title stamped in gold on spine, full-color dust jacket
• 9 photos

• 1 document

• 14 appendices

• 3 tables