This German field marshal had tributes paid to him by both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. His own troops revered him, and those who fought against him respected him. A close adviser to the Führer and part of an attempt to kill him.

Karl Doenitz was a hardcore Nazi commander who became one of Hitler's cold-blooded killers, 'The Man With The Iron Heart'. He helped design the Holocaust, and was personally responsible for the imprisonment, torture and death of millions.