Iron Coffins - Great Read

Stoli · 05-15-07, 10:06 AM

Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner.
If you loved Das Boot but wished there was more ship sinking in it... Then this book is a must read. It's a true story taking you from Captain Werner's NavalAcademy to UboatSchool and into his first combat patrols and beyond. It gives you an authentic feel of what life was like on a U-boat and Tactics they employed against the enemy.

Found it at my local Barnes –n- Nobel.

Captain Nemo · 05-15-07, 10:21 AM

I agree, great book. I have just started U333 The Story of a U-Boat Ace by Peter Cremer, hoping that will be just as good.

Nemo

DanCanovas · 05-15-07, 10:25 AM

it is a great book!

melnibonian · 05-15-07, 11:42 AM

Not the best on the subject but a good book nevertheless.

ReallyDedPoet · 05-15-07, 12:26 PM

Loved that book

RDP

Avatar · 05-15-07, 12:31 PM

Good book, quick read. Very hard to put down and gives something into the world of being a uboat crew in ww2. Told straight from the mind of an actual uboat commander.

Jimbuna · 05-15-07, 01:04 PM

Not a bad book...but there are better around

ReallyDedPoet · 05-15-07, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Not a bad book...but there are better around

Give me some of your picks

RDP

AVGWarhawk · 05-15-07, 01:16 PM

Torpedo Junction is also excellent. I like Wolf also. Operation Drumbeat is very good. All three of these were great books on the subject.

ReallyDedPoet · 05-15-07, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Torpedo Junction is also excellent. I like Wolf also. Operation Drumbeat is very good. All three of these were great books on the subject.

Will have to check these out

RDP

Herr Russ · 05-15-07, 02:11 PM

I am almost done with that book.. Finished Torpedo Junction a few months ago too.. Very gripping reading at times and all those pics in the middle are cool..

ReM · 05-15-07, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Not a bad book...but there are better around

Give me some of your picks

RDP

Yeah I'm curious as well: I was gonna buy Iron Coffins one of these days, but I would like to spend my money on a better one....

Allow us a look on you bookshelf...

Jimbuna · 05-15-07, 02:30 PM

Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too)

AVGWarhawk · 05-15-07, 02:38 PM

Admittedly the best book I have read is Operation Drumbeat. Simply a fantastic read on the subject.

melnibonian · 05-15-07, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too)

I'll go with Jim on this one. Wolf abd U-Boat Ace by Jordan Vause are also very good.

05-15-07, 10:06 AM	#1
Stoli A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Iron Coffins - Great Read Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner. If you loved Das Boot but wished there was more ship sinking in it... Then this book is a must read. It's a true story taking you from Captain Werner's NavalAcademy to UboatSchool and into his first combat patrols and beyond. It gives you an authentic feel of what life was like on a U-boat and Tactics they employed against the enemy. Found it at my local Barnes –n- Nobel.

05-15-07, 10:21 AM	#2
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I agree, great book. I have just started U333 The Story of a U-Boat Ace by Peter Cremer, hoping that will be just as good. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

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DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	it is a great book! __________________

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melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Not the best on the subject but a good book nevertheless. __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Loved that book RDP __________________ Back in the Day

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Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Good book, quick read. Very hard to put down and gives something into the world of being a uboat crew in ww2. Told straight from the mind of an actual uboat commander.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Not a bad book...but there are better around __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Torpedo Junction is also excellent. I like Wolf also. Operation Drumbeat is very good. All three of these were great books on the subject. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am almost done with that book.. Finished Torpedo Junction a few months ago too.. Very gripping reading at times and all those pics in the middle are cool..

05-15-07, 02:30 PM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Clay Blair's two volumes are IMO the most definitive on Atalantic sub warfare (that goes for his Silent Service...Pacific volume too) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-15-07, 02:38 PM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Admittedly the best book I have read is Operation Drumbeat. Simply a fantastic read on the subject. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road