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| 3883 | KEATTS, Henry C., & FARR, George C. Dive into History: Volume 3: U-boats. 218p., illus. Houston: Pisces Books/Gulf Publishing, 1994. ISBN: 1559920645.
Information about diving on the wrecks of 11 U-boats from both World Wars in North American waters. In addition to diving data, the histories of the boats are also presented. Boats covered are U 85, U 215, U 352, U 701, U 853, U 1105, U 2513,and U 869. |
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| 3884 | KEMP, Paul. U-Boats Destroyed: German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. 288p., bibliog., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1997. ISBN: 1854093215.
A meticulously researched chronological list with details of each loss. |
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| 3885 | KOHL, Fritz, & ROSSLER, Eberhard. The Type XXI U-Boat (Anatomy of the Ship). 127p., illus. London: Conway, 1991. ISBN: 0851775705.
One of the series of detailed technical studies, with the usual excellent line drawings. In this case the translation of a 1988 German work, means that the format is a little changed. A revised edition was published in 2002. |
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| 3886 | KONSTAM, Angus & SHOWELL, Jak Mallmann. 7th U-Boat Flotilla: Dönitz's Atlantic Wolves. 96p., illus., index. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2003. ISBN: 0711029571.
Really a photo essay on the life and times of the Wegener Flotilla. |
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| 3887 | KRZYSZTALOWICZ, Marek. Type VII: Germany's Most Successful U-Boat. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2012. ISBN: 9781848321410.
These were the backbone of the German submarine fleet. |
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| 3888 | KUROWSKI, Franz. Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service (Knights of the Wehrmacht). 307p., illus. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 1995. ISBN: 088740748X.
Photographs and capsule biographies of the 145 (including three Italian) winners of the Knight's Cross in World War II. Translated from the German. A rather bare and unsatisfactory work. |
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| 3889 | KUROWSKI, Franz. U-48: The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War. 208p., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2011. ISBN: 9781848326064.
First published in Germany in 1986. In August 1939, U-48 left Germany, commanded by 'Vaddi' Schultze, to take up a waiting position around England. It scored its first success on 5 September 1939. By 1 August 1941, she had sunk 56 merchant ships of 322,478 gross tons and one corvette. She was then transferred to the Baltic as a training boat. U-48 was scuttled on 3 May 1945. |
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| 3890 | KURSON, Robert. Shadow Divers. xiii, 375p., bibliog., illus.,k index. London: Hodder; New York: Random House, 2004. ISBN: 0340824549.
Describes the six year task of identifying a U-boat found by divers off the American coast in 1991. Finally identified as U-869, this tells the story of her last cruise and of the mystery of her end. |
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| 3891 | KUTTA, Timothy J. U-Boat War. 63p., illus. Carrollton, Tex.: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. ISBN: 0897473957.
An illustrated guide to U-boat warfare. |
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| 3892 | LENTON, H. T. German Submarines (Navies of the Second World War). 2 vols., illus. London: Macdonald; New York: Doubleday, 1965. ISBN: 0356014967 (Vol. 2); 0356014665 (Vol.2).
One of the series of small technical pocketbooks. |
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| 3893 | MARTIN, Rodney J. Silent Runner – Wolfgang Heyda, U-boat Commander. [12], 200p., bibliog., illus., index. Dearborn, Mi: author, 2003. ISBN: 0974065102.
Heyda was captured when U 434 was sunk in the battle around convoy HG76. He was then one of the troublemakers and attempted escapers from his Canadian prison camp. |
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| 3894 | MASON, David. U-Boat: The Secret Menace (Purnell's History of World War 2, Weapons Book 1). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Macdonald; New York: Ballantine, 1968. ISBN: 0356025470.
A heavily illustrated basic account which was also issued as a Pan/Ballantine book. |
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| 3895 | METZLER, Jost. The Laughing Cow: A U-Boat Captain's Story. 217, [6]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1955.
The story of U 69 from her launch to her sinking in February 1943. Metzler commanded her until mid-1941 and gives a good account of his experiences and a briefer account of his command's later career. |
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| 3896 | MILLER, David. U-Boats: The Illustrated History of the Raiders of the Deep. 208p., illus., index. Limpsfield: Pegasus, 1999. ISBN: 1902620046.
A well illustrated guide to how U-boats worked, along with operational details, very substantially from WWII. |
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| 3897 | MORGAN, Daniel & TAYLOR, Bruce. U-Boat Attack Logs: A Complete Record of Warship Sinkings from Original Sources 1939-1945. 480p., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2011. ISBN: 184832118X.
During WW2 over 250 Allied warships from a dozen navies were sent to the bottom by German U-boats. This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material survives from both the Allied and the German sides, resulting in detailed treatment of the fate of 110 vessels, with the remainder summarised in an extensive appendix. |
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| 3898 | MULLIGAN, Timothy P. Lone Wolf: The Life and Death of U-Boat Ace Werner Henke. xxi, 247p., bibliog., illus., index. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993.
Henke sank 26 ships in the second half of the war and this is his story and that of U 515 up to its sinking and his capture in 1944. He was later shot while trying to escape from POW camp in Washington - represented here as a form of suicide. An interesting account of an unusual character. |
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| 3899 | MULLIGAN, Timothy P. Neither Sharks nor Wolves: The Men of Nazi Germany's U-Boat Arm 1939–1945. xxv, 342p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP; London: Chatham, 1999. ISBN: 1861761198.
A detailed analysis of the crews - where they came from, how they fought, and how they changed during the course of the war. A good study. |
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| 3900 | MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHICAGO. The Story of the U 505.32p., illus. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, 1955.
U 505 was boarded and captured on 4 June 1944 off French West Africa by Task Group 22.3 under then Captain Dan Gallery. She is preserved in Chicago and this pamphlet describes her career and capture and looks at life onboard. |
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| 3901 | NIESTLÉ, Axel. German U-Boat Losses during World War II: Details of Destruction. viii, 305p., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1998. ISBN: 1557506418. An up-to-date and authoritative tabular listing of losses, which claims to have revised twenty per cent of previous assumptions on reasons for loss. An important book by an important historian. A new eition was published in the UK by Pen & Sword in 2014 (ISBN: 9781848322103). |
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| 3902 | NOWARRA, Heinz J. Grey Wolves of the Sea: German U-Boat Type VII. 48p., illus. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 1992. ISBN: 088740409X.
A short description of the backbone of the U-boat arm. |
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