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What Nobody Wants to Admit About the Pacific War: America Prosecuted Karl Dönitz at Nuremberg for a War Crime the U.S. Navy Was Already Committing.

May 24, 2026 · 1h 3m

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Why Nuremberg Refused to Sentence Dönitz for Submarine Warfare — And What Fleet Admiral Nimitz's Sworn Testimony Reveals About America's Pacific War? In this solo personal essay, Dale argues that the United States' unrestricted submarine campaign against Japan in World War Two was legally and morally identical to the German U-boat campaign for which Karl Dönitz was prosecuted at Nuremberg — and that the tribunal's own verdict, shaped by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz's sworn testimony, proves it. Fifty-two submarines lost. Over a thousand merchant ships sunk. One verdict that couldn't say what it meant. https://discord.gg/dxSvauDb