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German U-Boat Ace Rolf Mützelburg

Luc Braeuer
German U Boat Ace Rolf M tzelburg Book PDF

Author : Luc Braeuer
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0764348353

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German U-Boat Ace Rolf Mützelburg by Luc Braeuer Pdf

German naval officer Rolf Mützelburg was one of the outstanding figures of the WWII German U-boat arm. After obtaining regular successes against the North Atlantic convoys during his first four missions, he found new victims directly along the shores of Canada. Mützelburg received the highest decorations of the period and became one of the top U-boat aces. Furthermore, he shared with Adalbert Schnee, Teddy Suhren, and Erich Topp, the rare privilege of being affectionately nicknamed by Admiral Dönitz as "The Four Aces." The discovery of a photo album from a U-203 crew member, complemented by images sourced at the U-Boat Archive at Cuxhaven, allows us to illustrate the astonishing history of this U-boat with 240 photographs and documents. The eleven combat missions of U-203 are precisely described thanks to numerous maps and sketches and the complete translation of its logbook.

Der Kapitan

Markus F. Robinson,Gertrude J. Robinson
Der Kapitan Book PDF

Author : Markus F. Robinson,Gertrude J. Robinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445675619

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Der Kapitan by Markus F. Robinson,Gertrude J. Robinson Pdf

The biography of Hans Rose, Germany's most successful WWI convoy period U-boat Ace and WWII anti-fascist naval officer. 'He was a brave man who would take chances that most of his compatriots would avoid. He played his desperate game with a certain decency.'

U-Boat Ace

Jordan Vause
U Boat Ace Book PDF

Author : Jordan Vause
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612513805

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U-Boat Ace by Jordan Vause Pdf

An exceptional figure in the history of the German Navy, Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men in the Wehrmacht to win Germany's highest combat decoration, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. At one time or another he operated in almost every theater of the undersea war, from Norway to the Indian Ocean, and became the second most successful German U-boat ace in World War II, sinking more than 220,000 tons of merchant shipping. A master in the art of military leadership, Luth was the youngest man to be appointed to the rank of captain and the youngest to become commandant of the German Naval Academy. Nevertheless, his accomplishments were overshadowed by those of other great aces, such as Prien, Kretschmer, and Topp. The publication of this book in hardcover in 1990 marked the first comprehensive study of Luth's life. Jordan Vause corrects the long neglect by providing an entertaining and authoritative biography that places the ace in the context of the war at sea. This new paperback edition includes corrections and additional information collected by the author over the past decade.

German U-Boat Ace Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

Luc Braeuer
German U Boat Ace Heinrich Lehmann Willenbrock Book PDF

Author : Luc Braeuer
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0764354019

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German U-Boat Ace Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock by Luc Braeuer Pdf

With the international success of the classic film Das Boot, U-96 is arguably the most famous of all German U-boats. Here is the true story of U-96, and its legendary commander Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. In continuous combat from September 1940 to March 1945, follow the crew of U-96 from their bases in Kiel, Germany, as well as Lorient and St. Nazaire on the west coast of France, to intense combat against Allied shipping. During eleven combat patrols in the North Atlantic under Lehmann-Willenbrock, U-96 sank twenty-four Allied ships, eventually earning its commander the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. One of their patrols was documented by war correspondent Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which was later novelized and made into the film Das Boot. This biography of Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, and history of U-96 is based on the WWII captain's log as well as the recollections of crewmembers.

U-Boat Ace

Jordan Vause
U Boat Ace Book PDF

Author : Jordan Vause
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784382773

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U-Boat Ace by Jordan Vause Pdf

Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men to win Germany’s highest combat decoration. He operated in almost every theater of the undersea war from Norway to the Indian Ocean and he was the second most successful German U-boat ace in World War II. Luth is credited with sinking 47 Allied ships and a submarine – a record topped only by Otto Kretschmer. In 1944, after 16 war patrols, including one that lasted a record 203 days at sea, he was named the youngest Commandant of the German Naval Academy at age 30. Until the publication of this comprehensive study his accomplishments were overshadowed by other aces, to correct the neglect, Jordan Vause provides an entertaining, authoritative biography. Vause was intrigued after seeing a portrait of Luth as a midshipman on display and set out to learn all he could, tracking down some of Luth’s crewmen and fellow U-boat commanders. He draws on their firsthand information and a variety of written documents to provide a fascinating character analysis. In doing so, he encapsulates the paradoxes inherent in so many German submarine commanders, men spawned by the Nazi regime yet not entirely of it. Vause portrays Luth as a man of contradictions: an agent Nazi ideologue who could bend the rules for a slack sailor, a U-boat ace who could treat survivors of his attacks with clemency but then impetuously gun down other victims in cold blood. Even his best friend admitted that Luth had no remorse for the misery he inflicted on the crews of sunken ships. On the night of May 13th 1945 he was accidentally shot and killed by a German sentry. On May 16th 1945 he was given the Third Reich’s last state funeral.

Neither Sharks Nor Wolves

Timothy P Mulligan
Neither Sharks Nor Wolves Book PDF

Author : Timothy P Mulligan
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612510804

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Neither Sharks Nor Wolves by Timothy P Mulligan Pdf

Although countless books have been written about the U-boat war in the Atlantic, precious few facts have come to light about the men who served in the submarines that wrought such havoc on Allied ships. Eager to get beyond the stereotypes perpetuated in movies and novels and find out who these elusive sailors really were, archivist Timothy Mulligan started searching official records. Eventually he went straight to the source, conducting a survey of more than a thousand U-boat officers and enlisted men and interviewing a number of them personally. The result is this character study of the German submarine force that challenges traditional and revisionist views of the service. Mulligan found striking similarities in the men's geographic and social origins, education, and previous occupations, particularly within the specialized engineering and radio branches of the submarine force. The information he gathered establishes quantifiable patterns in age, length of service, and experience, as well as the organization's overall recruitment policies and training standards. The numbers and losses of U-boat personnel are also fully examined. Beyond these objective characteristics, this study lists such subjective factors as morale, treatment of enemy ship survivors, and the relationship of the submariners to the Nazi regime, and it confirms a serious crisis in morale in late 1943. The roles played by the head of the U-boat arm, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, and its organizational chief, Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, are thoroughly addressed. Mulligan concludes that the U-boat arm quickly evolved from a handpicked elite to a more representative sample of the German navy at large but continued to be treated as an elite force. The only comprehensive investigation yet published, this book also draws on POW interrogations of U-boat survivors and documentation of Kriegsmarine personnel policy obtained from German archives.

Count Not the Dead

Michael L. Hadley
Count Not the Dead Book PDF

Author : Michael L. Hadley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0773512829

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Count Not the Dead by Michael L. Hadley Pdf

Basing his study on literature and film, the author presents the exploits and images of U-boats and their intrepid crews.

Silent Hunters

Theodore P. Savas
Silent Hunters Book PDF

Author : Theodore P. Savas
Publisher : Savas Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781940669007

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Silent Hunters by Theodore P. Savas Pdf

The compelling true stories of six little-known U-boat commanders and their dramatic WWII careers. When World War II erupted across Europe in 1939, Germany knew it couldn’t hope to compete with the Royal Navy in a head-to-head naval war. Left with no viable alternatives, the U-Bootwaffe wagered everything on the submarine in a desperate attempt to sink more tonnage than the Allies could construct. Some of these “silent hunters” who slipped out of their shelters along Europe's shores to stalk their prey have enjoyed considerable recognition in the years since. While most aspects of the bitter struggle have been told and retold from both the Axis and Allied points of view, the careers of some highly effective U-boat commanders have languished in undeserved obscurity. The profiles of six such commanders are presented in this collection of essays. They include Englebert Endrass, whose spectacular career before being lost off the coast of Gibraltar is described here by his best friend and fellow ace Enrich Topp, who wrote this while on his fifteenth War Patrol; Karl-Friedrich Merten, who was ranked among the war’s top tonnage aces; Ralph Kapitsky, whose U-615 suicidal surface-to-air battle in the Caribbean allowed many of his fellow submariners to escape into the Atlantic; Fritz Guggenberger, who sank an aircraft carrier and organized the biggest POW escape attempt in American history; Victor Oehrn, a former staff officer of Karl Dönitz's; and Heinz Eck, who was executed by the British. Includes photographs

German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee

Luc Braeuer
German U Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee Book PDF

Author : Luc Braeuer
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Submarine captains
ISBN : 076434823X

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German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee by Luc Braeuer Pdf

Few commanders symbolize the evolution of the German U-boat arm during the Second World War as does Adalbert "Adi" Schnee. In 1940, Schnee successively commanded three Type II U-boats--U-6, U-60 and U-121-- in which he registered his first successes in the Atlantic. From the beginning of 1941, he was appointed commander of U-201, the first Type VIIC U-boat allotted to I Flotilla. During seven patrols with this U-Boot, which would take him to the coasts of America and Africa, he would receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. With 15 ships sunk in convoys in the mid-Atlantic, he became the specialist in this form of attack. Commanding U-2511 in May 1945, he alone carried out an actual combat mission in the Type XXI U-boat. With the aid of logbooks and the recent discovery of a considerable collection of images from a war correspondent on one of U-201's missions, this book examines Schnee's incredible combat career.

U-boat Commander

Peter Erich Cremer,Fritz Brustat-Naval
U boat Commander Book PDF

Author : Peter Erich Cremer,Fritz Brustat-Naval
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081750445

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U-boat Commander by Peter Erich Cremer,Fritz Brustat-Naval Pdf

A true-life war thriller by the famed U-boat ace who presents an authentic view of the notorious wolf packs and their encounters with the Allies.

German U-Boat Ace Peter Cremer

Luc Braeuer
German U Boat Ace Peter Cremer Book PDF

Author : Luc Braeuer
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0764350714

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German U-Boat Ace Peter Cremer by Luc Braeuer Pdf

This is the amazing story of legendary WWII U-boat commander, and Knight's Cross recipient, Peter Cremer. Cremer was appointed commander of U-333, a type VIIC submarine with a close-knit crew. During his first North Atlantic patrol U-333 sank three ships; unfortunately, the third victim was actually a German blockade-runner. Cremer was acquitted before a court martial. During his second patrol, the U-333 was rammed by an Allied tanker before reaching American shores. His later patrols were equally amazing. In April 1945, Cremer was ordered to take command of a panzer unit, Marine-Panzer-Vernichtungsbataillon, that was credited with destroying twenty-four tanks! Cremer ended the war as head of Grossadmiral Dönitz's security battalion. This biography details all WWII patrols by U-333 and features over 200 images and maps.

U-Boats at War in World War I and II

Jon Sutherland,Diane Canwell
U Boats at War in World War I and II Book PDF

Author : Jon Sutherland,Diane Canwell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783038671

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U-Boats at War in World War I and II by Jon Sutherland,Diane Canwell Pdf

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.

Teddy Suhren, Ace of Aces

Teddy Shuren
Teddy Suhren Ace of Aces Book PDF

Author : Teddy Shuren
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783839551

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Teddy Suhren, Ace of Aces by Teddy Shuren Pdf

Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander. He was also the U-boat service’s most irreverent and rebellious commander; his lack of a military bearing was a constant source of friction with higher authority. Valued for his good humour and ability to lead, his nickname was acquired because he marched like a teddy-bear. Despite his refusal to conform to the rigid thought-patterns of National Socialism, his operational successes protected him, and he found himself accepted in the highest circles of power in Germany. He was one of the lucky third of all U-boat crewmen who survived the war, largely because his abilities led to a senior land-based command. He was also one of the first to publish his reminiscences, his account being typically forthright – its German title, Nasses Eichenlaub, suggesting that although he was decorated with the Oak Leaves, he was always in hot water. He died in 1984 but interest in his career was revitalized by the discovery of photographs documenting one of his operations in U 564, published with great success in 2004 as U-Boat War Patrol by Lawrence Patterson.

German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Rainer Busch,Hans-Joachim Röll
German U boat Commanders of World War II Book PDF

Author : Rainer Busch,Hans-Joachim Röll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Sailors
ISBN : 1853673668

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German U-boat Commanders of World War II by Rainer Busch,Hans-Joachim Röll Pdf

Details the service records of some 1,400 officers of the German Kriegsmarine known to have commanded a U-boat between the commissioning of U-1 in June 1935, and the final surrender of U-977 to Argentina in August 1945.

Wolf

Jordan Vause
Wolf Book PDF

Author : Jordan Vause
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612517599

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Wolf by Jordan Vause Pdf

Cultivated by the Allied press during the war and fostered by movies and novels ever since, the image of a U-boat skipper held by most Americans is the personification of evil: the wolf who stalks innocents. Quite the opposite image is shared by U-boat veterans and others sympathetic to their work: the knight who endures unrivaled danger and fights nobly. Yet another popular image depicts the submarine operator as a beleaguered sailor swept along by events beyond his control. This book examines the lives of many U-Bootwaffe officers, including the famous and the not-so-well known, to see if a pattern emerges. Drawing on a wealth of primary documents and, when possible, interviews or correspondence with the U-boat commanders themselves, Jordan Vause follows individual officers from their youths and early naval training through their wartime experiences and into the often bitter peace that followed. His close examination of their lives reveals that many were extremely different from the pictures typically drawn of them and as varied in their thoughts and actions as other fighting men on both sides of the war. Particularly valuable is the author's use of new information in his portrayal of Karl Doenitz and other prominent commanders to correct and enhance pictures presented in earlier books. His use of personal correspondence and unpublished manuscripts loaned to him in Germany adds special significance to this study and its appeal to all those interested in World War II, submarines, and the U-Bootwaffe.