The administration of Karl Doenitz, head of state and supreme commander of Germany's armed forces following Hitler's suicide, marks a key period in World War II. Author Walter Ludde-Neurath served at Doenitz's side through the final, chaotic weeks of fighting, the infighting among the Nazi elite as they tried to save themselves, and the negotiations for surrender. With this memoir Ludde-Neurath provides an insider's view of what happened as the Third Reich collapsed around them.