The U-boat War skillfully chronicles the
logistical issues and technological gains that worked for and against
the U-boats. This studied analysis of the tactics, planning,
technology, and logistics sheds light on why the war was lost and what
events contributed to the defeat of the German U-boat arm.
With a host of Soviet ASW planes, helos,
and ships on high alert combing the area looking for American subs,
searching diligently for Plunger... she obliges them by
deliberating taking the bait and sneaking into their midst, working up
fire-control solutions and taking photographs.
U-505 was the first enemy warship captured by the United States
since the War of 1812. Much has been written about how Captain Daniel
V. Gallery conceived of and successfully executed the plan that
resulted in the capture of U-505. Hunt and Kill, from
publisher Savas Beatie, is the first book to describe the complete
history of U-505, from its commissioning as a warship in 1941
to its current status as an exhibit in Chicago’s Museum of Science and
Industry.
Red
Star Under the Baltic: A First-Hand Account of the Life on
Board a Soviet Submarine in WWII Author:
Victor Korzh
"Red Star" was written in the early
1960s, when the events portrayed were still reasonably fresh in the
author's mind, and originally published in Russian in 1966 under the
title "Reserve of Strength." Presented in the first person, Korzh's
superb record details the abysmal life and death conditions Soviet
sailors endured on their primitive but stoutly constructed boats.
McIntyre established himself as one of the greats. He captured the
number one German U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer (whose Zeiss binoculars he took and used
for the rest of the war); in the same battle, he directed the attack that
killed the second-scoring ace Joachim Schepke. Later in the war, his ship
was torpedoed; before that he nursed a bent-nosed destroyer back to
port after ramming a U-boat.
Famed U-boat commander
Kapitänleutnant Guenter "the Silent" Kern is called on by
Admiral Doenitz to undertake a mission so vital to the
Reich’s survival that he is allocated a small flotilla of 15
Type XXI U-boats.
Written with the
capable assistance of writer
John Vanzo, this book is notable because it is provides
a non-officer’s perspective. Goebeler dutifully kept
diaries, notes, mementos, and reminders of his service
aboard U-505, which, along with subsequent research and a
copy of the ship's log, served as the core for this book.
