[Wulfmann]

I have this book and have used it as a guide to tweak my SH3 for effect.
But, this was written from recollection and it is not historically accurate regarding dates names etc and has been labeled as near fiction by the modern German navy.
This might be for some not so flattering things he mentioned particularly the non written order to use U-Boats to ram allied ships at Normandy which he also says was recanted before any such attacks were made. Other areas of not so nice attitudes might well not be desirable today to admit. I do not believe he was trying to knock down his mates just give an honest account of the pressure men were under in trying times.
I also don’t think the few girls he mentioned was over blown (no pun intended but it does kinda work!:rotfl: ) and his being left hanging seems to balance out his success in bed.
Note he never made a confirmed kill as his own as Kaleun. I do not think he was trying to embellish anything but give an honest account albeit from memory which can always have some variation and he admits that.
However, the most relevant aspect was how well he recreates the feeling of life on the boat and particularly surviving depth charging attacks.
I have also added elcos out side my ports as well as near by DD patrols post D-Day and believe me that resounds of Iron Coffins when one must sneak into and out of port.
I believe my SH3 is much better because of Iron Coffins as a reverence guide to getting the feeling of various aspects of serving on a boat. For that I find it the most useful of all the U-Boat books I have, even Das Boot!

Wulfmann