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Originally Posted by joegrundman
So with the destroyer issue, you have several options including, but not limited to:
a) he misremembered/misreported the date
b) it was misidentified as a destroyer
c) the target wasn't actually sunk, but the ships lost contact
d) the event in question never happened
but actually it is not these sorts of happening that i highlighted as being of interest for the running of the simulation - it's still a worthwhile read though and you can't beat the price!
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Those are good possibilities. It could even be an error in translation. Another possibility would be an attempt to embellish things by the author due to pressure by the publisher. A lot of books printed in the decade after the war like this one (1952) tend to be a bit muddled in the facts in the hasty desire to feed the public hunger for what took place on the other side during the war. The copy I have is a pulp reprint paperback from 1964 maybe printed with the idea of better grabbing readers by having it's title in bold stencil letters....U-BOAT 977.
