Das Boot - Is this the original (English Version) ?

[Dronston]

No doubt known by many on this forum, "Iron Coffins" by Herbert A. Werner is also a great read!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Dronston

No doubt known by many on this forum, "Iron Coffins" by Herbert A. Werner is also a great read!

As long as you keep in mind that it is also fiction, only loosely based on fact.

[Dronston]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

As long as you keep in mind that it is also fiction, only loosely based on fact.

Herbert Werner (born 13 May 1920), was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) officer who, by his own reckoning, was one of only about "two dozen captains still alive" at the end of World War II. He served in five U-boats, as an Ensign, Executive Officer and Captain in the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the North Sea, the Baltic, the Norwegian Sea and the Mediterranean.
He survived the sinking of U-612 in the Baltic and the loss of U-415 in Brest harbour.
At the end of the war, he was detained in turn by British, American and French troops before making his way back to Germany in late autumn 1945. He moved to the United States in 1957 and is now an American citizen.[1][2]
Werner later wrote a best-selling memoir of life in the U-boat service, titled "Iron Coffins".

[Herr-Berbunch]

Still has heavy 'poetic license' though, and who can blame him?

[flag4]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Still has heavy 'poetic license' though, and who can blame him?

...alot of his commrades and Jurgen Rohwer

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Dronston

Herbert Werner (born 13 May 1920),

Werner later wrote a best-selling memoir of life in the U-boat service, titled "Iron Coffins".

And he "stretched the truth" considerably. Most of the events he claims for himself have been shown to have happened to someone else, or not at all. We have had many discussions about this in the past. His book is best taken as fiction.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...herbert+werner

[Dronston]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

And he "stretched the truth" considerably. Most of the events he claims for himself have been shown to have happened to someone else, or not at all. We have had many discussions about this in the past. His book is best taken as fiction.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...herbert+werner

Lol, thx for the link, I wasn't aware of the "controversy". I simply read the book and enjoyed it but I agree Das Boot is a much better book. (and sorry for hijacking this thread TS)