Iron Coffins has long been known to be full of inaccuracies. Werner most likely knowingly made up many of his anecdotes. I was with you up until this statement though:
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Originally Posted by RoaldLarsen
Therefore I would suggest that it would be unwise to rely on this book as providing any useful insight into life on u-boats or of the times.
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I disagree. Though many of the events have been made up, one indisputable fact is that Werner did serve as the captain of a U-boat. While I would say read Iron Coffins as a fictional novel written by someone with firsthand knowledge of the subject matter, I wouldn't go far as to say he offers no insight on what it was like on a U-boat.