Hitler's naval commander Karl Donitz was a fanatical Nazi who would do anything to support the party's despicable aims. After the war, he claimed he'd only been a sailor following orders, but James is determined to prove Donitz was a committed war criminal who earned his bloody role as Hitler's successor.
James Ellis visita alcuni luoghi strategici della Seconda Guerra Mondiale per comprendere le tattiche sviluppate dallo zelante Ammiraglio Karl Dönitz, per poi stabilire la sua posizione nella classifica degli uomini malvagi di Hitler.
L'historien britannique James Ellis brosse le portrait du grand-amiral Karl Dönitz, condamné à dix ans de prison à l'issue du procès de Nuremberg, bien qu'Adolf Hitler l'air désigné par testament comme son successeur à la tête du IIIe Reich.
