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Originally Posted by Joe S
The best WWII submarine book I ever read was Thunder Below by Eugene Fluckey.
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I enjoyed that as well. However while reading Silent Victory I sometimes thought "Hmm I thought Fluckey did that first". I just got the impression that his idea for blowing up a railway line was novel and that he implied that. Then I read that it was done before him, something he doesn't mention.
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but I got the impression he was keen to blow his own trumpet. Good book though!
Clay Blair's two books about the U-Boat war should be essential reading. Another man with a slight ego, but they are a wealth of great stories and insight.