With Germany having come so far and the Z-Plan having produced such fine ships, it is hard to believe that the Kriegsmarine now lays on the bottom of Cape Sable.  Without a navy, it will be impossible to hold Newfoundland.  The war has reached a stalemate.  Perhaps it would have been better for your reputation had you gone down with the fleet... as it stands, you will be forced into retirement, to be forever known as the General who ALMOST conquered America!