Good Books about WW1/WW2 submarine warfare
 

Just wondering if you guys know any good books on WW1/WW2 submarine warfare? Thanks:salute:

There is a thread at SimHQ on the same subject: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ubmarine_reads

My Review of War in the Boats: My WW2 Submarine Battles by William Ruhe

That was a great book. :up:

My favorites are Thunder Below and Steel Boats, Iron Hearts.

You can also find other recommendations and reviews in the Books forum: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=186

Try visiting the above link or if you prefer I could divert this thread to the above link.

Thanks :) And Ill just follow that link.

Look for Dönitz and the Wolfpacks, it's an amazing book :yeah:

One of our submarines, not so much a novel, more a very well written account thats both tragic and humourous that centres around the U class boats.

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This book is about submarine warfare but not from the German perspective.... which is why I didn't post it here: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ubmarine_reads

Written by Bob Whinney;published by Cassell (first published 1986); ISBN no. 0-304-35132-6; this small paperback reprint 2000

The memoir of a Royal Navy Destroyer captain in WW2... I only found it today so I can't give a view yet

Not the best and certainly nowhere near the worst.

There a lot of "good" books on submarine warfare in WWi and WWII

Is there something specific that you are interested in?

That might help us recommend some books

I thoroughly enjoyed:

Torpedo Junction by Homer H. Hickman Jr. - a riveting and accurate account of Operation Drumbeat, the U-boat war against the United States Eastern Seaboard

Iron Coffins by Herbert Werner as he outlines his experiences commanding German Uboats during WWII

Steel Boat, Iron Hearts by Hans Goebler who details his life as a crewman aboard U-505 in the days and years leading up to the U-boat's capture on the high seas.

on this list i would probably rate Iron Coffins as my favorite

With regards to Atlantic warfare there are two excellent books available by Clay Blair...

Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage.

I thought War Beneath the Sea by Patrick Padfield was a good overview of all the nations' submarine forces, including the British and the Italians.

Mike

Depends of what you want inside the theme. Besides of what was already said here, you can look for:



The U-Boat: The Evolution and Technical History of German Submarines (1975) by Eberhard Rössler, development and evolution of the U-boats, from the first U1, pre-war to the u-206 type. Many diagrams and cut ways of WW1 and WW2 types.



I like the books from Jak P. Mallmann Showell, he writes in a way of talk or telling a story. He has several titles, the last I read was U-Boats of the Second World War: Their Longest Voyages. Quite good in undertsanding the life on the longest patrols to the south Atlantic, Indian ocean, etc.



There also books about the Aces, or about patrols - U-Boat War Patrol: The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564, full of photos and descriptions of the last patrol of the CO.



I am current reading No Room for Mistakes: British and Allied Submarine Warfare, 1939–1940, by Geirr H. Haarr. The other side of submarine war of WW2, several similarities in how the crews worked and live in the subs. How the royal navy look at the submarine as a weapon, the conduct of training before the war, the patrols,the successes and defeats. I am enjoying the reading, possible will buy another book from the same author, about the early u-boat campaign, same time period.

Peter. I have a lot of his books. :sunny:

U-Boat 977 by Heinz Schaeffer



I don't know if you can find this in print or second hand but if you do it's a really good book written by someone who was there.



The copy I have was printed in 1953 and has a forward by Nicholas Monsarrat. Bought it for a buck at a Flea Market.

For a general overview of the history of the battle of the Atlantic I recommend The Battle of the Atlantic by Jonathan Dimbleby, I enjoyed the read as it provided a good overview of the fight throughout the war.