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During the Nuremburg Trials, when Kriegsmarine Adm. Karl Donitz was tried for unrestricted submarine warfare, U.S. Adm. Chester Nimitz wrote an affidavit where he stated the U.S. had also engaged in the same activity against Japan. What compelled Nimitz to write the affidavit for Donitz?

by /u/mangafan96 in /r/AskHistorians

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