(OFF TOPIC ) DAS BOOT MUSINGS

lotharbucheim · 08-31-05, 03:16 AM

Hi guys, while I am looking through the posts here, I often see people talking about the movie Das Boot. Well for any history-buffs among you I really suggest you get a book called "U-Boat war"by Lothar Gunther Bucheim (the guys who wrote Das Boot). For those of you who may not know, he was a Naval war correspondent during WWII who went on several patrols in U-boats. The book "U-boat war" is brilliant as it is full of hundreds of photos from the patrols he went on..and reading the book you realise the characters in DAS BOOT are all real..and there are the photos of the real guys to prove it ! Remember the scene where they come across Thomsens U-boat during the storm ? Theres the pictures..it really happened ( although in reality the name of the captain of the other boat was Hirsacker), and the "bad boy "second officer ? he's there larger than life... the enigmatic captain..the engineer... all there ! Get this book and you will be amazed at the links between real-life and the characters in the film. I got it at Amazon .com ( a used copy)..it is an amazing book and will really add to your appreciation of what it must have been like... ( and no, I dont work for Amazon lol ).

08-31-05, 03:16 AM	#1
lotharbucheim Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 31 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	(OFF TOPIC ) DAS BOOT MUSINGS Hi guys, while I am looking through the posts here, I often see people talking about the movie Das Boot. Well for any history-buffs among you I really suggest you get a book called "U-Boat war"by Lothar Gunther Bucheim (the guys who wrote Das Boot). For those of you who may not know, he was a Naval war correspondent during WWII who went on several patrols in U-boats. The book "U-boat war" is brilliant as it is full of hundreds of photos from the patrols he went on..and reading the book you realise the characters in DAS BOOT are all real..and there are the photos of the real guys to prove it ! Remember the scene where they come across Thomsens U-boat during the storm ? Theres the pictures..it really happened ( although in reality the name of the captain of the other boat was Hirsacker), and the "bad boy "second officer ? he's there larger than life... the enigmatic captain..the engineer... all there ! Get this book and you will be amazed at the links between real-life and the characters in the film. I got it at Amazon .com ( a used copy)..it is an amazing book and will really add to your appreciation of what it must have been like... ( and no, I dont work for Amazon lol ).