The extraordinary memoir of the man who spearheaded the rebuilding of the German navy after World War I-and ultimately ended up at odds with Hitler. Erich Raeder joined the German navy in 1894 and rose through its ranks to become commander in chief in 1935. In Grand Admiral he describes his forty-nine years in the navy, including the battle strategy that won him international fame during World War I and the tactical disagreements with Hitler that led to his final break with the F hrer in early 1943. Though not a Nazi ...
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The extraordinary memoir of the man who spearheaded the rebuilding of the German navy after World War I-and ultimately ended up at odds with Hitler. Erich Raeder joined the German navy in 1894 and rose through its ranks to become commander in chief in 1935. In Grand Admiral he describes his forty-nine years in the navy, including the battle strategy that won him international fame during World War I and the tactical disagreements with Hitler that led to his final break with the F hrer in early 1943. Though not a Nazi party member, Raeder was part of Hitler's war planning group, and Grand Admiral paints a vivid picture of what took place at Hitler's secret staff meetings before the invasions of Poland, Norway, and Russia. It also supplies previously undisclosed information about Operation Sea Lion, the proposed invasion of England.
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Good. Tanning/marks/scuffs to dustjacket & tears/tape repairs at edges. Name inscription on front endpaper. Tanning/marks to textblock edges & red dot pattern on top edge. Stains on a few pages & some pen/pencil markings. 430 p. 24ill.
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Very Good. Size: 9x6x1; Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xvii, 430 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. The leader of the German naval forces until 1943 recounts his life, which coincided with the major developments of German naval power. He comments on the political and internationally significant events of the years after the Versailles Treaty, which he holds responsible for the rise of Nazism, and presents character sketches and impressions of some of the leading German political figures, including the Kaiser, Hitler, and Goring. He also comments on the Nuremberg trials of war criminals. With a foreword by H. Kent Hewitt, Admiral, USN.
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