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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Clay Blairs 2 volume set: Hitler's U-boat War.
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Damnit you beat me to the punch. The other good book I read were Wolfpack and Night wolf of the Atlantic but I'm going to have to ask about the authors. Another great one is Operation Drumbeat, I think it's by Max Hastings.
You know, we should probably have a sticky for good books. I am of the opinion that no matter how great a movie or fiction story is, the real stories of war make any hollywood hack's tales pale by comparison.
edit: I found Blair's volume two to be rather depressing. It seemed mostly to be a list of U-boats and how they met their untimely demise....
Another edit for Bosje because I messed up, Titles for you; The aforementioned Hitler's U-boat War, Night Wolf of the Atlantic, Operation Drumbeat, Wolfpack, The Sea wolves.
Please bear in mind that the older books can still be a useful source of information as long as you cross reference them with the newer volumes. Some of the stories contained in them are nothing more than U-boat urban legends and some are difficult to verify.