Chapter List (41) Free
- 1: Translator Notes
- 2: book making instructions
- 3: 1. What were the basic principles of officer education you received in the Imperial Navy?
- 4: 2. What experiences did you have before the First World War?Where did you serve during World War I?How did this period affect your officer abilities and your later career?
- 5: 3. How did you experience the end of the war in 1918 and the German Revolution?
- 6: 4. What lessons did you learn from your experience of obedience and military education at the end of World War I?
- 7: 5. What functions did you hold between the two world wars?6. What impact do these positions have on your development and your future career?
- 8: 7. How did the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy entrust you with the task of building a new German submarine force in the summer of 1935?
- 9: 8. What are your insights on the strategy, tactics and training aspects of this mission?
- 10: 9. Before World War II, how did you evaluate National Socialism?
- 11: 10. How do you judge the political situation in Germany in the summer of 1939?Are you convinced that there is a danger of war?Do you think this war can be avoided?What preparedness measures did you plan to take to deal with this war?
- 12: 11. What was your attitude after the war broke out?What are your strategic plans?
- 13: 12. What kind of support did your plan get from the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and Hitler?
- 14: 13. In the summer of 1940, when France was withdrawing from the war, what was your opinion of the political and strategic situation?
- 15: 14. You only have a small number of submarines at your disposal, so how do you tactically achieve your strategic goals?What impact did the use of the French port of Biscay have on submarine warfare?
- 16: 15. Did you achieve these goals on your own, or did you sometimes receive interference from the German political and military leaders in this regard?What role did this intervention play?What do you think is the strategic significance of the Mediterranean
- 17: 16. What was the attitude of the United States and the United States Navy towards their entry into the war in the years before the declaration of war in December 1941 and the official state of war?
- 18: 17. After the declaration of war on the United States, what kind of strategic situation do you think has emerged?
- 19: 18. By the spring of 1943, what achievements had been made in submarine warfare?
- 20: 19. How did Britain and the United States evaluate the Battle of the Atlantic?What efforts have they made to eliminate the danger of submarines?
- 21: 20. Why did the German submarines fail to fight successfully by all means against the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942?
- 22: 21. How did submarine warfare take a turn in May 1943?
- 23: 22. Why did the German U-boats continue to fight after May 1943 when there was little hope of victory?
- 24: 23. How did the submariners display their military spirit in the conduct of this necessary combat?
- 25: 24. What measures did you take to improve the combat effectiveness of submarines at that time?
- 26: 25. What is your opinion on the Walter submarine and the new electric submarine?
- 27: 26. What is your enemy's opinion and reaction to the construction of this new type of submarine?
- 28: 27. What are your thoughts on the Casablanca meeting?
- 29: 28. When did you think the war was lost?
- 30: 29. What do you know about the crimes committed by Himmler's command?When you found out, what steps did you take?
- 31: 30. What was your opinion on the assassination incident on July 20, 1944?What do you think now?
- 32: 31. How do you evaluate the Baltic battlefield?What conclusions have you drawn with regard to naval warfare when sea transport in the Baltic played an increasing role in German operations?
- 33: 32. After Hitler retired at the end of April 1945, what factors prompted you to accept the post of head of state?
- 34: 33. How did you go about ending the war?What are your options for this?
- 35: 34. What do you think of the Nuremberg trial and your sentence?
- 36: 35. Do you have anything to say about your period of imprisonment in Spandau?
- 37: 36. What is your general opinion today about the actions and achievements of the German Navy in World War II?How did you get appointed Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy?
- 38: 37. How do you evaluate the political development of Germany since the First World War today?
- 39: 38. What is your vision for the future of Europe?
- 40: 39. What activities are you currently engaged in?
- 41: 40. Conclusion
