Some interesting U-Boat DVDs you may find interesting

Paul Riley · 03-29-10, 06:33 AM

Looking through Amazon I came across these U-Boat DVDs which I am very interested in,although the 'grey wolves' is a bit expensive,but thats probably because it will be very concise and indepth...hopefully.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...boat&sprefix=u

Let me know what you think.

frau kaleun · 03-29-10, 08:29 AM

The Grey Wolves set in the black packaging is on my Wish List at Amazon, although there were no reviews of it when I first put it there - reviews seem to be pretty good at amazon.uk so maybe I'll bump it up a few notches.

#4 on that list is also part of another 3 dvd "Grey Wolves" set that spans the entire war, which I do have. It's got the typically dry narration/presentation of many of these docs, but IMO is less torpor-inducing than most I've seen and the period footage included is worth seeing. I rented this from Netflix first and still bought it so I obviously thought it was worth watching more than once (which I have done). Currently my second favorite production on this topic after "The Battle of the Atlantic."

Some of the other dvds on the list I have also rented, definitely the "Battlefield" and "War Files" ones - but none so far worth buying IMO, because I found them to be pretty indistinguishable from each other despite being ostensibly different productions. None of them showed or told me anything I didn't already know and hadn't already seen and they all had basically the same basic overview of the u-boat war which I know almost by heart at this point, lol.

Obviously there are quite a few docs out there about u-boats, the BoA, etc., but my advice would be to rent them if possible or try to find bits of them on YouTube before buying since IME a lot of them have turned out to be little more than carbon copies of each other in terms of presentation, information, and period footage/images used.

Paul Riley · 03-29-10, 08:39 AM

I know what you mean about carbon copies of each other,the same thing can happen with books.
From that list i'd say the Grey Wolves 3 disc collection looks the best one.
And yes,Youtube is great for sampling material prior to buying something.The military history channel on Sky TV is another good source too,the other day I saw a uboat documentary with narrations by both Erich Topp (before he died obviously) and Otto Kretschmer.

03-29-10, 06:33 AM	#1
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Some interesting U-Boat DVDs you may find interesting Looking through Amazon I came across these U-Boat DVDs which I am very interested in,although the 'grey wolves' is a bit expensive,but thats probably because it will be very concise and indepth...hopefully. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...boat&sprefix=u Let me know what you think. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-29-10, 08:39 AM	#3
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	I know what you mean about carbon copies of each other,the same thing can happen with books. From that list i'd say the Grey Wolves 3 disc collection looks the best one. And yes,Youtube is great for sampling material prior to buying something.The military history channel on Sky TV is another good source too,the other day I saw a uboat documentary with narrations by both Erich Topp (before he died obviously) and Otto Kretschmer. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-29-10, 08:29 AM	#2
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	The Grey Wolves set in the black packaging is on my Wish List at Amazon, although there were no reviews of it when I first put it there - reviews seem to be pretty good at amazon.uk so maybe I'll bump it up a few notches. #4 on that list is also part of another 3 dvd "Grey Wolves" set that spans the entire war, which I do have. It's got the typically dry narration/presentation of many of these docs, but IMO is less torpor-inducing than most I've seen and the period footage included is worth seeing. I rented this from Netflix first and still bought it so I obviously thought it was worth watching more than once (which I have done). Currently my second favorite production on this topic after "The Battle of the Atlantic." Some of the other dvds on the list I have also rented, definitely the "Battlefield" and "War Files" ones - but none so far worth buying IMO, because I found them to be pretty indistinguishable from each other despite being ostensibly different productions. None of them showed or told me anything I didn't already know and hadn't already seen and they all had basically the same basic overview of the u-boat war which I know almost by heart at this point, lol. Obviously there are quite a few docs out there about u-boats, the BoA, etc., but my advice would be to rent them if possible or try to find bits of them on YouTube before buying since IME a lot of them have turned out to be little more than carbon copies of each other in terms of presentation, information, and period footage/images used.