Iron Coffins - Great Read

[Stoli]

Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner.
If you loved Das Boot but wished there was more ship sinking in it... Then this book is a must read. It's a true story taking you from Captain Werner's Naval Academy to Uboat School and into his first combat patrols and beyond. It gives you an authentic feel of what life was like on a U-boat and Tactics they employed against the enemy.

Found it at my local Barnes –n- Nobel.

[Captain Nemo]

I agree, great book. I have just started U333 The Story of a U-Boat Ace by Peter Cremer, hoping that will be just as good.

Nemo

[DanCanovas]

it is a great book!

[melnibonian]

Not the best on the subject but a good book nevertheless.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Loved that book:up:

RDP

[Avatar]

Good book, quick read. Very hard to put down and gives something into the world of being a uboat crew in ww2. Told straight from the mind of an actual uboat commander.

[Jimbuna]

Not a bad book...but there are better around :arrgh!:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Not a bad book...but there are better around :arrgh!:

Give me some of your picks:yep:

RDP

[AVGWarhawk]

Torpedo Junction is also excellent. I like Wolf also. Operation Drumbeat is very good. All three of these were great books on the subject.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Torpedo Junction is also excellent. I like Wolf also. Operation Drumbeat is very good. All three of these were great books on the subject.

Will have to check these out:roll:

RDP

[Herr Russ]

I am almost done with that book.. Finished Torpedo Junction a few months ago too.. Very gripping reading at times and all those pics in the middle are cool..

[ReM]

Not a bad book...but there are better around :arrgh!:

Give me some of your picks:yep:

RDP
Yeah I'm curious as well: I was gonna buy Iron Coffins one of these days, but I would like to spend my money on a better one....:yep:

Allow us a look on you bookshelf...

[Jimbuna]

Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too) :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Admittedly the best book I have read is Operation Drumbeat. Simply a fantastic read on the subject.

[melnibonian]

Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too) :up:
I'll go with Jim on this one. Wolf abd U-Boat Ace by Jordan Vause are also very good.

[johan_d]

Is drumbeat American or a German writer? and are there Dutch translations?

[Jimbuna]

Some descent books for free over here :up:

http://betah.co.il/BooksCatalog.aspx?category=War%20Ships

[bigboywooly]

Nice find Jim
D\L a load now
Cool

[johan_d]

Thank you very much, what a wealth on online books.. downloading now!:up::up::up:

[ReM]

Some descent books for free over here :up:

http://betah.co.il/BooksCatalog.aspx?category=War%20Ships

Thanks for sharing!

Wowie!:up:

[Sailor Steve]

U-Boat 977, by Heinz Schaeffer. He describes his experiences from being a junior officer on his first patrol to his amazing voyage to Argentina and subsequent accusations of smuggling Hitler and/or stolen gold along with him. Great book.

For probably everything you can think of, peruse this thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=94071

[ReM]

Is drumbeat American or a German writer? and are there Dutch translations?

Vast niet! De meeste boeken over dit onderwerp hebben geen Nederlandse vertaling...

[johan_d]

Godver!, dacht het wel!

[jwatch]

U Boat Ace (story of Wolfgang Luth) by J. Vause and U Boats at War (a first hand account of a U boat sailor) by H. Busch are both good, too.

[ReM]

Damn!....
A lot of inspiration already...this is gonna cost a load of money!

[Sailor Steve]

Not neccessarily; have a look around here:
http://www.abebooks.com/

You'll find most of the listed books for a very low price.

[ReM]

Not neccessarily; have a look around here:
http://www.abebooks.com/

You'll find most of the listed books for a very low price.

The price of the books is right for sure...only the shipping costs from the US to here (Netherlands) are rather high....

But I have spotted some stores in the Uk that look interesting....

Thanks Sailor!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too) :up:

Thanks:up:

RDP

[AVGWarhawk]

Damn!....
A lot of inspiration already...this is gonna cost a load of money!

Amazon.com has these books and more at great prices. As soon as the book hits my mailbox I order another because by the time it arrives I'm usually done with the one I just got.

[fumblyoldcarpenter]

Iron Coffins is a good read for sure:yep:

fumbly

[Jimbuna]

Not neccessarily; have a look around here:
http://www.abebooks.com/

You'll find most of the listed books for a very low price.

Used them myself Steve....very good supplier, and reasonable prices :up:
Only draw back is shipping times across the pond (UK) :yep:

[Morts]

what do you guys think about the book "Das Boot" ?

[Jimbuna]

I liked it....a lot more detail than the movie, but I prefer to watch the movie....if you know what I mean :doh:

[Sailor Steve]

Loved it. It was darker, for one thing. Also, rather than the innocent Lt. Werner as narrator, Bucheim used his own experiences, which included early service on destroyers. While undergoing a rather severe depth-charging, he realizes what the British submarine guys went through when he was on the ship delivering the attack. Lots of fun.

[Chock]

Some other suggestions to help bankrupt you if the Kriegsmarine is your thing:

Donitz and the Wolfpacks - Bernard Edwards (ISBN 1-86019-927-5)
This has quite a lot of info on convoy and wolfpack dispositions and quite a bit about the intrigues behind some of the orders given by Donitz (or Doenitz if you prefer).

Type VII U-Boats - Robert C Stern (ISBN 1-86019-855-4)
This is probably one of the best books on any submarine type, and gives you quite a comprehensive rundown of all the equipment and various models of the most famous U-Boat type of them all.

U-Boat Crews 1914-45 Gordon Williamson (ISBN1-85532-545-4)
The last suggestion is from Osprey Publishing's Elite series, aimed mostly at modellers, but is still a nice thing even if you aren't into modelling, there are quite a few cool titles in Osprey's range, including one on German U-Boats from WW1, which is well worth a look considering how hard it is to find stuff on that subject in English, as well as several titles on US subs and surface ships in both WW1 and 2.

[mookiemookie]

A view from "the other side" which I really enjoyed was "Torpedoes In the Gulf - Galveston and the U-Boats 1942-1943" by Melanie Wiggins. (Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Torpedoes-Gulf-Galveston-1942-1943-Military/dp/0890966486/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-0314167-1938512?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179373167&sr=8-2)

Of course, being a Texan, my view is a bit biased but I really enjoyed seeing how a community responded to the U-boat threat. There was also a fair bit about the operational history of the boats operating here just off the Gulf of Mexico. A nice quick read that gives you a real sense of what it was like living in the shadow of the Grey Wolves.

[bookworm_020]

Iron coffins help me get into U-boats in a big way, my bookshelves can attest to this fact!:roll:

If you want to read about the U-boat war from the other side, and how it was to hunt them, the book Walker R.N. is a good start. You then get to see one of the best U-boat hunters in action and get the background to the mighty 2nd support group!

[jaxa]

"Das Boot" and "Iron Coffins" are absolutely must have for SH3/GWX players.
These two books are probably the best books about Uboots ever written.

[Sailor Steve]

For another look at the 'other side', this one from a combat standpoint, I highly recommend U-Boat Killer, by Donald MacIntyre. He was one of the best, and the man who captured Otto Kretschmer. His book covers a wide range of experiences battling the 'u-boat menace'.