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For the post-war trial of German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946 Admiral Nimitz furniChester W. Nimitzd an affidavit in support of the practice of unrestricted submarine warfare a practice that he himself had employed throughout the war in the Pacific. He and his wife Catherine moved to Berkeley California.

Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz GCB USN (February 24 1885 – February 20 1966) was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. S. naval forces and Commander in Chief Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA) for U.