Unconditional Surrender: the Memoir of the Last Days of the Third Reich and the Donitz

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Timetable of Events; Foreword by Jürgen Rohwer, 20 I 0; SECTION I Walter Lüdde-Neurath: The Dönitz Government -- the Last Days of the Third Reich; Author's Foreword, 1948; Author's Foreword to the Second Edition, 1953; Publisher's Foreword to the Third Edition, 1964; Chapter 1 Autumn 1944 to April 1945: Impressions atFiihrer-Headquarters; Chapter 2 Dönitz Leaves Berlin; Chapter 3 An Impossible Job -- Defend the Northern Region; Chapter 4 Regarding the Succession to Hitler; Chapter 5 Reich President by Signal.;This is the first English-language translation of a crucial memoir of the dying days of Hitler's Third Reich. Walter Ludde-Neurath was an accomplished officer, who served with a variety of torpedo boats and destroyers, slowly rising through the ranks. In September 1944 he was selected to be the new adjutant to Grand Admiral Donitz. He enjoyed a close relationship with Donitz over what proved to be a crucial period: the formation and dissolution of the Flensburg Government (named after the headquarters Donitz was using at the time of the appointment). The memoir details the discussions within th. Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Timetable of Events Foreword by Jürgen Rohwer, 20 I 0 SECTION I Walter Lüdde-Neurath: The Dönitz Government -- the Last Days of the Third Reich Author's Foreword, 1948 Author's Foreword to the Second Edition, 1953 Publisher's Foreword to the Third Edition, 1964 Chapter 1 Autumn 1944 to April 1945: Impressions atFiihrer-Headquarters Chapter 2 Dönitz Leaves Berlin Chapter 3 An Impossible Job -- Defend the Northern Region Chapter 4 Regarding the Succession to Hitler Chapter 5 Reich President by Signal. Chapter 6 The Military Situation on 2 May 1945Chapter 7 Realisation and Decision Chapter 8 Partial Capitulation in the North Chapter 9 Unconditional Surrender Chapter 10 The Fate of the Occupied Territories Chapter 11 The Unpolitical Cabinet Chapter 12 Himmler's Dismissal Chapter 13 Abdication? Chapter 14 East or West? Chapter 15 The Allied Control Commission Chapter 16 The Arrest of the Caretaker Reich Government SECTION II Walter Baum: The Donitz Government in ModernAcademic Research Chapter 1 The Struggle for the Succession Chapter 2 Making the Dönitz Government. Chapter 3 The CapitulationChapter 4 Finis Germaniae? The Reich as a Problem of International and Constitutional Law Appendices Notes Index.