The biography of Germany's Naval Commander Karl Donitz includes information from reports by his superiors, accounts by U-Boat survivors, and details of the testing of the U-Boat wolf-pack tactics from 1937 to 1939

Donitz: The Last Fuhrer

Padfield, Peter

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

The lion's claw

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hutchinson

Beneath the house flag of the P & O

Business & Money

Industries

Hutchinson and Co.

The great naval race: The Anglo-German naval rivalry, 1900-1914

History

Europe

Hart-Davis, MacGibbon

‘Has the authentic tang of the sea, salty, sharp, refreshing.’ Yorkshire Post  ‘Viewing Trafalgar as the fitting finale to twelve years of hard fighting at sea, Peter Padfield selects and fights over again six crucial battles fought under four great admirals, Howe, Jervis, Duncan and Nelson, and shows them to be a series of battles in one outstanding war, which is quite rightly regarded as Nelson’s.’ Daily Telegraph  ‘Clear, authoritative, readable and well-illustrated… The main interest of the book lies in its presentation of tactics in vivid, accurate and thought-provoking contexts… may be cordially recommended.’ The Mariner’s Mirror  ‘Mr Padfield analyses each action and its outcome in a fresh and perceptive manner, salting all with glimpses of the social side of sea service. This easily readable work is generously illustrated.’ The Scotsman  In a series of major victories at sea against the French, the Spanish and the Dutch during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy gained for Great Britain what later historians termed the ‘Empire of the Seas’, that complete dominion over the seas and oceans of the world that allowed Britain to build a world empire.  This period culminating in the battle of Trafalgar, 1805, was notable for the emergence of several outstanding admirals, Howe, Jervis, Duncan and Nelson. Between them they revolutionised fleet tactics. Although very different in character, all were united in their determination to exploit the superior gunnery and seamanship of British ships’ companies over that of their enemies and press in close for the kill whatever the consequences.  Peter Padfield describes the great battles resulting: The Glorious First of June, St Vincent, Camperdown, the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and shows how traditional, usually indecisive line of battle tactics were discarded, to become in Nelson’s hands tactics of contempt. And he paints a lively picture of the sailors whose skill and phenomenal disregard for danger delivered these famous victories – together with one very dangerous mutiny.  Generously illustrated, Nelson’s War brings to life in fascinating detail the admirals, men and ships of the golden age of the Royal Navy and its inspiring genius, Horatio Nelson.

Nelson's war

HarperCollins Distribution Services

Hess: Flight for the Führer

Leaders & Notable People

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

In a small museum in Munich lies a photograph of a man who looks for all the world like a harmless, myopic clerk. But, his peaked cap, bearing the death's-head insignia of the SS, exposes the truth: the man is Heinrich Himmler, and this is the chilling record of his rise to prominence in Hitler's Third Reich. As both SS police and Gestapo chief, and the person in charge of the camps in Eastern Europe, he presided over an empire of death. How could a man have such a disregard for human life? Through an exploration of Himmler's aberrant psychology, and the inner workings of the Nazi elite, some compelling and shocking conclusions emerge. A chilling study of the abuse of absolute power. "A thorough, conscientious and compulsively readable investigation."--A. L. Rowse, Sunday Telegraph.

Himmler: Reichs Fuhrer-SS (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Military

UNKNO

"Padfield's compellingly readable book conveys a flavor of Nazi leadership unmatched by anything outside the memoirs of Albert Speer. It is difficult to frame higher praise."--John Keegan. A distinguished naval historian and biographer paints a riveting portrait of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, the Supreme Commander of the German Navy and mastermind of World War Two's devastating submarine war. As Padfield so eloquently proves, dedicated officer Dönitz was corrupted by his inner need for a cause and for a leader to serve--both of which he found in Adolf Hitler. As Germany slid inexorably toward defeat in 1945, the Führer duly rewarded his most loyal supporter and confidant by appointing Dönitz his successor: the last leader of the Third Reich.

Dönitz: The Last Führer

An unflinching study of a Nazi war criminal and intimate friend of Hitler. 'Padfield writes vividly and indignantly about the growth of the...'empire of the camps' and the awful underworld that Himmler created...His story is a chilling reminder of what happens when, fanatics get their hands on the instruments of state power.' - Richard Overy, Observer.

Himmler: Reichsfuehrer SS

Pan/Macmillan

A biography of Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's SS and Police Chief, and the principal executive of the crimes associated with the Nazi state. The author also wrote "Doenitz: The Last Fuehrer".

Himmler: Reichsführer-SS

Macmillan

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