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U Boats At War In World War I And Ii
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Author : Jon Sutherland
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-11-19
U Boats At War In World War I And Ii written by Jon Sutherland and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-19 with History categories.
A photographic history of German submarines in the world wars, including unseen images from the personal collections of captains and crew. U-boats were the scourge of the seas for Allied shipping during both world wars, almost bringing Britain to the brink of starvation on several occasions. This book contains unseen photographs taken by German submarine crew and captains during each war. The World War One selection features a submariner's photos of U-25, an early German U-boat. They belonged to WO Friedrich Pohl, who served on U-boats SM-25 and SMU-33. There are many photos of the U-boat itself, crew on deck, and attacks on Norwegian merchant ships with the surface gun. U-25 was launched July 12, 1913, sank a total of twenty-one ships and 14,126 tons, and surrendered to France on February 23, 1919. The World War Two photos include images from an original WW2 U-boat commander's photo album. It belonged to Kapitan Leutnant Herbert Bruninghaus. As a U-boat navigator, he served on the famous U-38 under ace Heinrich Liebe. Bruninghaus later went on to command three U-boats of his own: U-6, U-148, and U-1059. There are also original images from a Kriegmarine officer's photo album (unfortunately unnamed), including photos of Commander Prien's U-47 returning to Kiel after attacks at Scapa Flow.
U Boat Adventures
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Author : Melanie Wiggins
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1999
U Boat Adventures written by Melanie Wiggins and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men of the enlisted ranks, along with five commanders, to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare, where every single crewman made a crucial difference in the fate of his boat."--BOOK JACKET.
First U Boat Flotilla
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Author : Lawrence Paterson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2001-08-01
First U Boat Flotilla written by Lawrence Paterson and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-01 with History categories.
Formed in 1935, First U-Boat Flotilla operated against Hitler's enemies from the very earliest stage of the war through to September 1944 when disbanded amid the flames of Brest during the US siege. Over seventy-five per cent of operational U-boats were lost as the Allies' counter-measures and code-breaking successes took ever greater effect. This fascinating work records the Flotilla's successes and disasters in detail.
U Boats At War In 100 Objects 1939 1945
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Author : Gordon Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2019-10-30
U Boats At War In 100 Objects 1939 1945 written by Gordon Williamson and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-30 with History categories.
‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about this battle than I had been about the glorious air fight called the Battle of Britain.” In reality, the Kriegsmarine had been woefully unprepared for the war into which it was thrown. The Command-in-Chief of submarines, Karl Dönitz, himself a verteran U-boat captain from the First World War, felt that he could bring Britain to its knees with a fleet of 300 U-Boats. But when war broke out, he had just twenty-four available for operational use. Despite this, the U-Boat arm scored some incredible successes in the early part of the war, raising the status of the submarine commanders and crews to that of national heroes in the eyes of the German people. The ‘Grey Wolves’ had become super-stars. Small wonder then that the U-Boat war has fascinated students of military history ever since. This book, using a carefully selected range of both wartime images and colour images of surviving U-boat memorabilia from private collections, describes 100 iconic elements of the U-Boat service and its campaigns. The array of objects include important individuals and the major U-Boat types, through to the uniforms and insignias the men wore. The weapons, equipment and technology used are explored, as are the conditions in which the U-boat crews served, from cooking facilities and general hygiene down to the crude toilet facilities. Importantly, the enemy that they faced is also covered, examining the ship-borne and airborne anti-submarine weaponry utilised against the U-boats. The U-Boats began the war, though small in number, more than a match for the Allies and created carnage amongst merchant shipping as well as sinking several major warships. The pace of technological development, however, failed to match that of Allied anti-submarine warfare weaponry and the U-Bootwaffe was ultimately doomed to defeat but not before, at one point, coming close to bringing Britain to its knees.
The U Boat
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Author : Eberhard Rössler
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1981
The U Boat written by Eberhard Rössler and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Transportation categories.
U Boat War In Photos Vol V
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Author : Harry Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-08
U Boat War In Photos Vol V written by Harry Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-08 with categories.
The information contained in the many volumes of "The U-Boat War in Photos" is unmatched in the accuracy and depth of information - not only dates, places and other data but also personal input from the men who rode the U-Boats. In these volumes you will read the compete history of each U-Boat. We post what Type the boat was, what yard built her, her launch date and her commissioning date, her FeldPost Number, who attacked her and where she was lost including the lat. long. position. We also include which flotillas she was with and her Turmabzeichen (Conning Tower Emblem) - in many cases, they had more than one and we give the reason behind the choice of the emblem.You will also read about all her Skippers including their date and place of birth, what was their Naval Class, dates and places of all their training both in class and aboard, promotions, medals and awards they received and the dates and what was their final fate.You will also see a great many photos of the boats, the Skippers, the ships they attacked along with the statistics of the ships they attacked. There is also information on any special operations they took on.PERSONAL INPUT: In many cases we post the many letters and personal conversations we had with the Skippers and others. In addition, there is personal input from the ASW guys who attacked and in many cases, destroyed the U-Boats.....and in some cases, from the victims of the attacks and sinkings. In many cases, you will also read post-war input and in many cases, you will see post-war photos of this author with the veteran.Now sit back and enjoy this library-quality research and reference book on the history of the Germany U-Bootwaffe that can be found nowhere else.
The U Boat War
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Author : Edwyn A Gray
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1994-04-01
The U Boat War written by Edwyn A Gray and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-01 with History categories.
2.20PM Directly in front of us I sighted four funnels and the masts of a passenger steamer at right angles to our course coming from the SW and going towards Galley Head. 3:10 PM Torpedo shot at a distance of 700 meters below the surface - from the log of the German submarine U-20. The explosion that followed changed history as the date of the ship's log was may 7, 1915, the steamer was the Lusitania, and the torpedo sent 1195 innocent men, women, and children to a watery grave. In 1914, U-Boats were a new and untried weapon, and when such a weapon can bring a mighty empire to the briink of defeat there is a story worth telling. Edwyn Gray's The U-Boat War is the history of the Kaiser's attempt to destroy the British Empire by a ruthless campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare. It opens with Germany's first tentative experiments with the submarines and climaxes with the naval mutiny that helped bring down the Kaiser. In between is is a detailed account of a campaign of terror which, by April 1917,had the British Empire on the verge of surrender. The cost in lives and equipment was staggering. On the German side, 4894 sailors and 515 officers lost their lives in action; 178 German Submarines were destroyed by the allies; 14 were scuttled and 122 surrendered. According to the most reliable sources, 5,708 ships were destroyed by the U-Boats and 13,333 non-combatants perished in British Ships. World figures for civilian casualties were never released The U-Boat War is a savage but thrilling account of men fighting for their lives beneath the sea, and of the boats that changed the face of naval warfare.
The Official U Boat Commander S Handbook The Illustrated Edition
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Author : Bob Carruthers
language : en
Publisher: Coda Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-03
The Official U Boat Commander S Handbook The Illustrated Edition written by Bob Carruthers and has been published by Coda Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03 with History categories.
This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat reports and was regularly updated throughout the war. The handbook was an invaluable reference for every operational U-boat commander. Simply written and highly accessible for a wider audience, the U-boat handbook attempted to anticipate every possible situation and to advise on suitable tactics. This superb war-time primary source is enhanced by a rare series of photographs taken on an actual combat patrol and published during the time of the Third Reich in the book "U-Boot Auf Feindfahrt." Together the handbook and these rare photographs provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of the U-boats from a first hand perspective, and is essential reading for anyone interested in World War II from primary sources.
U Boat War In Photos
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Author : Harry Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-01-11
U Boat War In Photos written by Harry Cooper and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-11 with categories.
This is the continuation of our series of the U-Boat War in Photos with many photos of the U-Boats, the Skippers, their victims, the hunters and every kind of photo we could find to the give the reader the most thorough, most comprehensive look into the history of the German U-Bootwaffe of the Kriegsmarine. As we have reported in our previous book (Volume I) of this series, as well as, our other books on the U-Bootwaffe (U-Boat! Volumes 1-10, so far) there is a tremendous tribute to the U-Bootfahrer to their honor and chivalry in battle. We have been incredibly fortunate over the three and a half decades since we founded Sharkhunters, that we have met and become close friends with so many of the Skippers, officers, and crewmen. It would be impossible to list them all, but I had a sleeping room in the house of Otto Kretschmer, visited so many times with Erich Topp, Reinhard Hardegen, Horst von Schroeter, Rolf Thomsen, and my best friend in Germany, Hans-Georg Hess. They freely and unselfishly gave us their memories and history of the U-Boat War and in turn, we gave our word to tell their history honestly and without false wartime propaganda.
Battle Beneath The Waves
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Author : Robert Cecil Stern
language : en
Publisher: Castle Books
Release Date : 2003
Battle Beneath The Waves written by Robert Cecil Stern and has been published by Castle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
A collection of true stories featuring German U-boatmen vividly tell what it was like to undergo the terror and tedium of living for weeks on end in a narrow, stinking tube, targeting their counterparts for sudden, sinking death. In these first-person accounts, even the torpedo attacks are routine; what creates terror is the sudden instant when something goes horribly, often fatally, wrong.