THIS BOOK!!

[Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense]

http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/05051813011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/9670000/9679296.jpg

it jumped out at me from the shelves at my local Barnes&Nobles... i was just browsing... not expecting anything special...

then the cover appeared in front of me... that magnificent depiction of the TypeXXIII making way in a grey, turbulent sea... the first time ever i had seen a Type XXIII taking the limelight from the ubiquitous TypeVIIc...

look at that... it's magnificent...

i stood for the next 20 or so minutes going through the pages... background info... narratives... color plates... great stuff for the UBoat War enthusiast...

...but i didn't buy it, like a dummy, i didn't buy it!!!

and i now, 11 PM at night... and i'm hoping it's still there tommorrow...


--Mike

[deckard]

hmm, £20.00 at osprey


http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S8723~ser=GNM

i might order it aswell, it looks great :)

[Kpt. Lehmann]

I have it!!! :smug:

....And it is AWESOME!!!!!

Very detailed... well researched.

You gotta get it!

[Tim D]

Outstanding book, lucky me, my wife got it for me. :yep:

[The Avon Lady]

Reaily available from Amazon USA (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1841768723/qid=1129884202/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7387621-5009751?v=glance&s=books), Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841768723/qid=1129884289/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-2741385-4661242) (only £14.00! :up: ), Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841768723/qid=1129884432/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/028-7079183-8419729) and Amazon France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841768723/qid=1129884489/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/171-1457439-5707426).

NOTE: All of the above links are affiliate links of mine. Use them to buy the book or anything at Amazon and you'll help feed Avon's starving children. :oops:

[Rhodes]

Also have it! It's good, a lot of info and info about everything. But if you want a better book, try to buy the "U-boat War Patrol". It's the patrol of the U-564 in the the Atlantic and Caribbean during the summer of 1942. The book is a photojornal of the jorney.
If you go to the amazon's sites you will find it.

[klh]

Mike,

I've got it (same thing - browsing with my latte at B&N when it jumped into my hands). It's worth it for the pictures and charts. I have found a few annoying typos, but otherwise it's pretty good. I often sail with it and my U-boat Commander's Handbook at my side.

[Soviet_Warlord]

The cover of the book is so catchy no SHIII fan can resist it! :arrgh!:

I got it 2 months ago :D

[The Avon Lady]

The cover of the book is so catchy no SHIII fan can resist it! :arrgh!:
Must be Ail's Sky Mod and Fubar's skin! :P

[Teufelschiff]

I just ran over to Borders during lunch and picked it up, along with Iron Coffins; took it up the aft tube on the price, though. It looks great; can't wait for the train ride home.

[ReM]

Here in the Netherlands it is nowhere to be found...like usual....
This country is like a desert if you are looking for nice books in English......
Gotta find another way, 'cause I want the book!
Thanks for letting me know it exists!

[Von Scheerbach]

Thanks for the links, Avon!

I just got a $50 Amazon gift certificate...I guess I know what I will be buying....along with the U-Boat Commanders Handbook!

[ironkross]

I just ran over to Borders during lunch and picked it up, along with Iron Coffins; took it up the aft tube on the price, though. It looks great; can't wait for the train ride home.
I'm reading Iron Coffins right now, I mean when not reading Subsims Forums or gaming. And....it is as well written as any historical military book I've ever read, including Band of Brothers. :up:

[BladeHeart]

Personnally I like it and have had it for a few months.

One word of warning, this is an amalgamation of a number of Osprey titles, such as Grey Wolves ,Kriegsmarine U-boats vol 1 & 2, etc. If you have these titles anyway, it is a duplication of all these titles by Gordon Williamson.

:lurk:

[iambecomelife]

I bought it myself over the summer. IMHO it's an excellent reference and gives a well-detailed account of life on a U-Boat. I also appreciated the exhaustive stats on all variants of the U-Boat, including rare birds like the Type XIV. However, there seemed to be a slightly disproportionate amount of information on the submarine pens, of all things. Don't get me wrong; I loved the illustrations and construction details, but the emphasis on them was a bit much. I would have preferred some more substantial bio's of the U-Boat aces and maybe some better convoy battle descriptions i/s of bios for each and every U-Boat bunker. Overall, though, a solid read.