Among the military leaders of World War II, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply controversial figure.
His Dunkirk-.
Yet Doenitz deserves credit for ending the war quickly while trying to save his compatriots in the east.
But after he succeeded Adolf Hitler--to whom he was unquestioningly loyal--as head of the Third Reich, his name became associated with all that was most hated in the Nazi regime.
As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy.
Among the military leaders of World War II, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply controversial figure