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The other day I went out and bought a book from my local Chapters store.

I could ill afford it (just means more noodle soup for dinner), but I could not let it sit on the shelves any longer.

It's chock full of pictures and information and although it tends to repeat it self a little here and there and occasionally mis-identifies a boat or a boat type, I can recommend the "Haynes" U-Boat 1936-1945 type VIIa-b-c, and c/41 Owners' Workshop Manual.

It also has some pretty good technical information and operating specs on the type VII U-boat. A good description of how the diving procedure was carried out, in 5 major steps.
I'd give it 4 stars (lost points for mis-identified boat types and odd spelling mistakes -for example type XII instead of type XXI), but because of the pictures , well worth the space in one's own library. Another must have for any U-boat "fan".

It's too bad you missed the Subnuts (Daryl Carpenter) review here.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=215814

It seems this book is not up to Haynes's usual standards.

About the only real plus is the amount of photographs, but old historical as well as current day, such from the U-995. I suppose that'd be the only reason to have the book at all. I love to devour the eye candy that is old war pictures.

I mean, anybody who knows a great deal about the U-boat war and the battle of the atlantic already is better off trusting his/her own memory, to be sure. It's chock full of photos (should be a warning right there) and probably the only reason to have it is for photo hounds. Subnuts is correct, it doesn't contribute to the lore very much at all.