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| 3923 | SHOWELL, Jak P. Mallman. U-Boats at War: Landings on Hostile Shores. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 2000. ISBN: 0711027218.
An attempt to determine the facts behind the many rumours of landings of agents and secret bases. Organised geographically. |
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| 3924 | SHOWELL, Jak P. Mallman. U-Boats in Camera 1939–1945. 137p., illus. Stroud: Sutton in conjunction with the International Submarine Archive, 1999. ISBN: 0750915579.
A photographic record of U-boats as seen by new trainee crewmen. |
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| 3925 | SHOWELL, J. P. M. U-Boats under the Swastika: An Introduction to German Submarines 1935–1945. 167p., bibliog., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1973. ISBN: 0711016828.
A good and well-illustrated account of the history, structure, and equipment of the U-boat arm. A second edition was published in 1987, substantially revised to take account of revelations on ULTRA. |
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| 3926 | SHOWELL, Jak P. Mallmann. U-Boat Warfare: The Evolution of the Wolfpack. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 2002. ISBN: 0711028877.
Illustrated with many new photographs, this attempts to explain the tactical development of U-boat warfare. |
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| 3927 | SHOWELL, Jak Mallmann. Wolfpacks at War: The U-Boat Experience in World War II. 128p., bibliog., illus. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2002. ISBN: 0711029288.
A profusely illustrated attempt to capture life at sea and ashore. |
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| 3928 | SKINNER, Richard W. U-297: The History and Discovery of a Lost U-Boat. 32p., bibliog.., illus. Pulborough: Historic Military Press, 2002. ISBN: 1901313158.
U 297 was lost with all hands to a Sunderland west of the Hebrides on her first patrol. This is a brief account of her career and crew with a wreck dive report. |
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| 3929 | STERN, Robert C. Battle beneath the Waves: The U-Boat War. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1999. ISBN: 1854092006.
Uses many primary sources and first-person accounts to present some of the most dramatic and exciting incidents of U-boat warfare from both world wars. |
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| 3930 | STERN, Robert. Type VII U-Boats. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1991. ISBN: 1854090119.
A fully illustrated technical history of the workings of the standard boat of the fleet. Reprinted by Brockhampton in 1998. |
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| 3931 | STERN, Robert C. U-Boats in Action (Warships, no. 1). 50p., illus. Carrollton: Squadron/Signal, 1977. ISBN: 0897470540.
A profusely illustrated type-by-type survey. |
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| 3932 | STEVENS, David. U-Boat far from Home: The Epic Voyage of U 862 to Australia and New Zealand. xxi, 282p., bibliog., illus., index. St. Leonards, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 1997. ISBN: 1864482672.
Looks at U–boat operations in the Far East and Indian Ocean and in particular U 862'swar as one of the "Monsun" Group, ended only by internment by the Japanese in Singapore in May 1945. A good account. |
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| 3933 | SUHREN, Teddy & BRUSTAT-NAVAL, Fritz. Teddy Suhren: Ace of Aces. Memoirs of a U-Boat Rebel. 248p., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2006. ISBN: 1861762720.
Suhren's memoirs were originally published in Germany in 1983, although written soon after the war. This is a well illustrated modern translation of the war exploits of the man who fired more successful torpedo shots than any other from the Eastern seaboard to the Indian Ocean, but was regularly in hot water with the authorities. |
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| 3934 | TARRANT, V. E. The U-Boat Offensive 1914–1945. 190p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1989. ISBN: 0853689288.
More of a reference work than a monograph, full of tables and statistics. Accurate but uninspired. |
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| 3935 | TOPP, Erich. The Odyssey of a U-Boat Commander: Recollections of Erich Topp. x, 242p., illus., index. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1993. ISBN: 0275938980.
An odd mixture of diary, commentary, and philosophy by one of the great U-boat Captains. Excellent however. |
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| 3936 | VAUSE, Jordan. U-Boat Ace: The Story of Wolfgang Luth. xxi, 235p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1990; Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1992. ISBN: 1853102717. A biography of one of the most successful but least attractive U-boat captains. He survived the war, only to be shot by a sentry in May 1945. Reprinted by Greenhill in 2017, ISBN: 9781784382742. |
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| 3937 | VAUSE, Jordan. Wolf: U-Boat Commanders in World War II. xiii, 253p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1997. ISBN:
Follows the careers of several U-boat Commanders and demonstrates that they were a very varied group rather than fitting stereotypes. |
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| 3938 | WENTZEL, Fritz. Single Or Return? The Story of a German P.O.W. In British Camps and the Escape of Lieutenant Franz Von Werra. 172, [iv]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1954.
Wentzel was rescued in October 1940 when U 32 was sunk in the Atlantic. He escaped from his British camp with Von Werra but the two were recaptured and sent to Canada where they repeatedly tried to escape – successfully in Von Werra's case. |
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| 3939 | WERNER, Herbert A. Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II. xvi, 329p., illus. New York: Holt Rinehart, 1969; London: Barker, 1970. ISBN: 0030813220.
A readable but lurid memoir. Werner first sailed in May 1941 in U 557, became second-in-command of U 612 in 1942 and later moved to U 230. In April 1944 he took command of U 415 and in August 1944 of U 953. He was one of the few men of the U-Boat Command to survive a full war career. |
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| 3940 | WESTWOOD, David. The Type VII U-Boat (Anatomy of the Ship). 120p., illus. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1985. ISBN: 0851773141.
Another excellent detailed technical study in this series. A revised edition was published in 2003. |
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| 3941 | WHITE, John F. U-Boat Tankers 1941–1945: Submarine Suppliers to Atlantic Wolf Packs. 251p., bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1998. ISBN: 1853109991.
A very dry factual account of their operations and losses. An updated version entitled The Milk Cows was published by Pen & Sword in 2009. ISBN: 9781848840089 |
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| 3942 | WIGGINS, Melanie. U-Boat Adventures: First-hand Accounts from World War II. xv, 250p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1999. ISBN: 1557509506.
Short reminiscences from 21 survivors - mainly crewmen rather than officers - cover a wide variety of experience. |
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