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So Donitz was using the uboat crews as sacrificial lambs to keep the allied birds off Germany's doorstep.
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Pretty much. Then again considered the losses in air raids it might have seemed worthwhile.
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Sounds like the Nazi party to me.
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Hence the
Hitler Youth Dönitz nickname.
Though honestly I find the ramming order fishy, I recall terms like disregard of survival and such but not something that nutty . As I recall the only u-boat that managed to attack the invasion fleet carried out a conventional torpedo attack and evaded.