[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, I got into the first chapter concerning World War II in Blair's first book about the u-boats.

He goes into detail how Donitz tried to get more Type VII's but instead had Type IX's and other kinds of u-boats which he didn't really need for the strategy he had of the upcoming war. I couldn't help but think of Billy Mitchell, the visionary American U.S. Army Air Corps officer who clearly saw the importance of air power in any future conflict and was actually court-martialled and had his career effectively ended when he continued to profess his views. Years later, when he was already dead, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution awarding him a special Congressional Medal Of Honor and an apology for what he did and what was done to him.

One wonders how the u-boat war would have gone if Donitz got what he asked for. I guess it's a good thing he didn't.