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[Kapt Z]

U-Boat War Patrol, by Lawrence Paterson

This is a fantastic book! Compilation of photos and text of a patrol of U-564 under Teddy Suhren during the summer of 1942. Easy read with lots of info on day to day ops on a u-boat from leaving Brest to patrol in the Caribbean and back again.

[Jimbuna]

Regarded by many as the definitive work on the subject:

Hitler's U-boat War....2 volumes by Clay Blair

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?...lair&x=14&y=17

Another favourite in my collection:

Ubootwaffe, Marine - Kleinkampfverbände 1939-1945

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[Murr44]

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

U-Boat War Patrol, by Lawrence Paterson

This is a fantastic book! Compilation of photos and text of a patrol of U-564 under Teddy Suhren during the summer of 1942. Easy read with lots of info on day to day ops on a u-boat from leaving Brest to patrol in the Caribbean and back again.

I'll second that recommendation & give this book my own . The text is accompanied by well over 200 photos, many of which are previously unpublished & most are of very good quality. He has another book called Hitler's Grey Wovles: U-Boats in the Indian Ocean which is a very interesting title.

Another book is called Another Place, Another Time: A U-Boat Officer's Wartime Album by Werner Hirschmann with Donald Graves. Very readable & has lots of interesting photos from Hirschmann's private collection. Also has an index containing everything that you would ever want to know about the IX C/40 boats.