Donitz, Hitler's legatee of defeat, promoted the success of the Nazi aggressions by instructing his pack of submarine killers to conduct warfare at sea with the illegal ferocity of the jungle.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker condemns Dönitz for enabling Nazi aggression through illegal submarine warfare tactics.
- In plain terms
- Dönitz is blamed for promoting Nazi war using illegal sea tactics.
- What can you take from it?
- Strategic competence can still be complicity in aggression.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does warfare become illegal?
- Can skill be immoral?
Another view
The label illegal may depend on contested international law interpretations.
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