[Iron Budokan]

The Kriegsmarine was the most apolitical branch of the services in the German war machine. But this all changed after the attempt to kill Hitler in '44 by his generals. Already paranoid, Hitler now wanted total obedience and obsiescence from all branches of the service, even the kriegsmarine who had up until this time been able to demonstrate some autonomy...at least as far as politics goes. But after the conspiracy to kill Hitler by his generals failed, then the Kriegsmarine became very politically oriented indeed.