Type VII U-boat "Workshop Manual" Coming In October

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I'm only about 21 pages in, but I can already tell this is going to be a rough one. So far, I've seen:

• A vague reference to the Type VII having been "originally developed during the First World War."
• A picture of a Type II out of water with her three-tube bow clearly visible identified as a Type VIIA.
• U-1 described as the first U-boat to serve during the Battle of the Atlantic (she didn't make her first war patrol until March 1940)
• The date of Donitz's succession to Chancellor is given as October 30, 1945
• 1,500 ton submarine cruisers and 500 ton coastal minelayers are mentioned as types under construction at the beginning of the war. Which types were these again?

Well, at least the pictures are nice.