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Murr44 · 11-03-08, 02:42 PM

It was Raeder & the other admirals (apart from Doenitz) who were wedded to the big ship (battleship) navy idea. They were still thinking in terms of the WWI era navy where control of the oceans would be decided in massive fleet engagements like Jutland. Hitler actually hated the sea (one of his many weird phobias) & had very little interest in the KM. Doenitz erred in his insistance on regular radio contact & his refusal to believe that Enigma had been compromised. There were some on his staff who suspected that the code had been broken but they were ignored.

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Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	It was Raeder & the other admirals (apart from Doenitz) who were wedded to the big ship (battleship) navy idea. They were still thinking in terms of the WWI era navy where control of the oceans would be decided in massive fleet engagements like Jutland. Hitler actually hated the sea (one of his many weird phobias) & had very little interest in the KM. Doenitz erred in his insistance on regular radio contact & his refusal to believe that Enigma had been compromised. There were some on his staff who suspected that the code had been broken but they were ignored. Last edited by Murr44; 11-03-08 at 02:43 PM.