Just started reading Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 by Hans Jacob Goebeler.
It's a GREAT first person (and for once not an officer's) account of life onboard a U-boat, in this case the well-known U-505.
I'm half way through it and it provides a nice blend of war and furlough. I'm currently reading of the sabotage problems U-505 and other boats experienced in Lorient in 1943. Anyone who thinks the SH3Cmdr malfunction/sabotage feature is unrealistic needs to read this chapter!
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