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Re: Battle of the Atlantic, a German point of vie
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Volker Erich Kummrow
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Date: November 18, 2002 03:06PM
Dear Mrs. Anaya,
thank you very much for your kind answer and thoses informative pieces of advice.
As for Mr. Padfield it is his privilege of course to enjoy a nice steak or a well prepared turkey or not but I expect from a claimed historian he got his facts straight as to what lead in recent German history to the Third Reich and under thoses circumstances to the behavior DÖNITZ was to taken into account for at Nueremberg, Padfield being a vegitarian or not. This is especially important for me as a German because of what I read by English historians so far considering the European theater of war, be that WWI or WWII, stood out for its objectivity, being well researched and not hesitating when necessary to point to own "blunders" originated by their elected political leadership.
Those four short briefs on DÖNITZ in the uboat.net you mentioned thankfully I did read before and took as they were meant to be the author, namely to point out DÖNITZ had a very complex personality and can not be viewed, even in hindsight, as a convicted war criminal only but also as a very well respected military leader of his subdrivers in WWII, a judgement being as controversial as they come considering his decisions to sent hundreds of uboats out for battle although knowing more or less definetly after May of 1943 that this war was lost and those boats consequently sunk as it happened indeed plus showing as a Großadmiral not gutts when dealing with Hitler personally on uboat-matters. Having said this I believe the book from Taylor being so far the fairest account as to give him the credentials he desevers but also pointing to his weaks sides leaving for the reader to form his own opinion.
Thanks again for your friendly answer.
Sincerely Yours
Volker Erich Kummrow
thank you very much for your kind answer and thoses informative pieces of advice.
As for Mr. Padfield it is his privilege of course to enjoy a nice steak or a well prepared turkey or not but I expect from a claimed historian he got his facts straight as to what lead in recent German history to the Third Reich and under thoses circumstances to the behavior DÖNITZ was to taken into account for at Nueremberg, Padfield being a vegitarian or not. This is especially important for me as a German because of what I read by English historians so far considering the European theater of war, be that WWI or WWII, stood out for its objectivity, being well researched and not hesitating when necessary to point to own "blunders" originated by their elected political leadership.
Those four short briefs on DÖNITZ in the uboat.net you mentioned thankfully I did read before and took as they were meant to be the author, namely to point out DÖNITZ had a very complex personality and can not be viewed, even in hindsight, as a convicted war criminal only but also as a very well respected military leader of his subdrivers in WWII, a judgement being as controversial as they come considering his decisions to sent hundreds of uboats out for battle although knowing more or less definetly after May of 1943 that this war was lost and those boats consequently sunk as it happened indeed plus showing as a Großadmiral not gutts when dealing with Hitler personally on uboat-matters. Having said this I believe the book from Taylor being so far the fairest account as to give him the credentials he desevers but also pointing to his weaks sides leaving for the reader to form his own opinion.
Thanks again for your friendly answer.
Sincerely Yours
Volker Erich Kummrow
