Karl Doenitz, commander of Germany’s U-boat fleet and later Hitler’s chosen successor, shaped the deadly Battle of the Atlantic. This episode examines his naval strategies, his brief role as Germany’s head of state after Hitler’s death, and the legacy of his leadership in the war’s final days and Nuremberg trials.

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