U-Boat Adventures Firsthand Accounts from World War II |
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| Author:
| Wiggins, Melanie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59114-958-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their chilling stories in this collection of their combat experiences in World War II, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. It is one of very few books to examine the lives of the enlisted crew in the infamous submarines. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men and five of their commanders to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare where every man helped determine the fate of his boat.
Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their chilling stories in this collection of their combat experiences in World War II, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. It is one of very few books to examine the lives of the enlisted crew in the infamous submarines. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men and five of their commanders to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare where every man helped determine the fate of his boat.