The Saga of U-52
It is a late summer day of 1939, when Gunther Kuhn is named to take the helm of U-52.
After a brief “shakedown” cruise in early August, the crew of U-52 returns to port in Wilhelmshaven, where the crew excitedly hears rumors about possible action.
With the attack on German territory by cowardly Polish forces, and the Army counter-invading Poland, the crew of U-52 had requested a patrol off the coast of Danzig to assist German forces in naval operations.
However, crew training schedule and maintenance issues delayed the launch of U-52, until mid- September, 1939, after any seaborne activity was needed. U-52 still was granted the ability to patrol in sector AE 98. With no suitable targets in that sector, the crew of U-52 took to the English coast and sank an Armed Trawler, an Ammunitions Ship and Small Depot ship in the port of Blythe before returning to home port, in early October.
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