Who was the CinC for U-Boats during WWI?

[DAB]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Who was the "Karl Donitz" of the German U-boot force in WWI? I found Commodore Andreas Michelsen took command in 1918, but who was the commander(s) during the war? I've been looking at: www.gwpda.org/naval That's one of the things they don't have listed. There's a lot of RN stuff though.

Also, Admiral Scheer was a pioneer in early submarine doctrine/tactics. What kind of tactics did he advocate?

In 1914, the post was titled U-boat Commodore and was occupied by a Commander Hermann Bauer. He was an early advocate of an offensive U-boat doctrine and advocated the use of U-boats against Merchant shipping prior to the British Blockade of Germany. In 1915 he planned the first "Un-restricted Warfare" plan for German U-Boats, deploying his craft to the then exceptional distances of the Western Approaches (West of the British Isles). However, his prediction that Neutrual ships could be deterred from trading with the UK was proven wrong.

Bauer also was an advocate for the rejection of Prize Law with regards to Submarines and in 1915 undertook a voyage in U-67 to see for himself the dangers that U-boats were encountering.


Source: Castles of Steel by Robert Massie. Herman Bauer can be found in the Index.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by DAB

Source: Castles of Steel by Robert Massie. Herman Bauer can be found in the Index.

In the index ? Can't see him there.

Deamon

[Floater]

Originally Posted by Deamon

In the index ? Can't see him there.

His name is in the index of my copy, with several page numbers.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Floater

His name is in the index of my copy, with several page numbers.

On whitch page is it ?

Deamon

[DAB]

Originally Posted by Deamon

On whitch page is it ?

Deamon

Apologies, that was me being lazy at 1am in the morning.

pages 127, 514-16, 519, 520, 522, 552. These page references are for the UK hardback edition

[Deamon]

Ahh thanks.