No shortage of opinions on
Iron Coffins.
I do believe it to be a compulsory read and at least a part of any U-Boat book collection.
It doesnt have to be the collection's center piece... but i would feel any collection would be incomplete without it.
On a personal note... I find the
"all Werner did was survive" comment to be annoying, disrespectful and in poor taste.
surviving the U-boat war is no small accomplishment in itself.
i'll remind you that Werner himself peered through a number of UZO oculars while orchestrating surfaced night attacks while serving as executive officer aboard other boats.
not that it matters.
to me - even if a soldier only shuffled papers during the war - he is still an honored veteran.