WWI Uboat books

Holyfirebomb_7 · 04-12-19, 03:14 PM

Hey,

I'm actually about to start work on my Master's thesis and was wondering if any of you have any recommendations on good books about the U-Boat war in WWI. I'm steadily learning these sorts of things are not very common so this seemed like one of the best places to ask.

Kapitan · 04-12-19, 06:03 PM

There are plenty about it depends what you want you have books like:

German submarine warfare world war I Lawrence Sondhaus
The U boat war Edwyn Grey
K boats by Don Everett
British submarines of world war one Innes Mc cartney

What sort of books are you looking for cause i could probably list all day

technical Information
Stories of missions
Campaign doctrines

If you want a unique one Lesrae (Les Robertson) on facebook did upload his friends relatives world war one diary he transcribed it and its now available.

Diary of captain Pearson https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gizvon4gv...%20RN.pdf?dl=0

Holyfirebomb_7 · 04-12-19, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitan

There are plenty about it depends what you want you have books like:

German submarine warfare world war I Lawrence Sondhaus
The U boat war Edwyn Grey
K boats by Don Everett
British submarines of world war one Innes Mc cartney

What sort of books are you looking for cause i could probably list all day

technical Information
Stories of missions
Campaign doctrines

If you want a unique one Lesrae (Les Robertson) on facebook did upload his friends relatives world war one diary he transcribed it and its now available.

Diary of captain Pearson https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gizvon4gv...%20RN.pdf?dl=0

Right now I’m mostly focusing on campaign doctrine, just trying to get a good context of the u-boat war as a whole first. Later on though I’ll be focusing on the US’s interactions with U-Boats.

The Kraken Wakes · 04-13-19, 04:31 AM

Hi H F B,
Doenitz initially had the idea for wolfpack tactics while he was a sub captain in the Mediterranean in ww1. When he took command of U boats in ww2 he developed the idea with devastating effect. On the British side, there was a captain called Max Horton in ww1 who became commander of Western Approaches in ww2. This meant he commanded defence of ww2 convoys at the British end in ww2, so he was one of the early developers of ASW doctrine. He was influential and supposedly very good at his job. Not all his decisions were sensible; he was aggressive and ruthless which was what was required.
I was just thinking if you had a section on these 2 guys in their ww1 years and show how they used their ww1 experience it would nicely set your whole thesis into the wider context.
Hope the info helps, let us know how you get on.
T K W

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Holyfirebomb_7 Watch Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 25 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	WWI Uboat books Hey, I'm actually about to start work on my Master's thesis and was wondering if any of you have any recommendations on good books about the U-Boat war in WWI. I'm steadily learning these sorts of things are not very common so this seemed like one of the best places to ask.

04-12-19, 06:03 PM	#2
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	There are plenty about it depends what you want you have books like: German submarine warfare world war I Lawrence Sondhaus The U boat war Edwyn Grey K boats by Don Everett British submarines of world war one Innes Mc cartney What sort of books are you looking for cause i could probably list all day technical Information Stories of missions Campaign doctrines If you want a unique one Lesrae (Les Robertson) on facebook did upload his friends relatives world war one diary he transcribed it and its now available. Diary of captain Pearson https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gizvon4gv...%20RN.pdf?dl=0 __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

04-13-19, 04:31 AM	#4
The Kraken Wakes Watch Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 20 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	reply about thesis Hi H F B, Doenitz initially had the idea for wolfpack tactics while he was a sub captain in the Mediterranean in ww1. When he took command of U boats in ww2 he developed the idea with devastating effect. On the British side, there was a captain called Max Horton in ww1 who became commander of Western Approaches in ww2. This meant he commanded defence of ww2 convoys at the British end in ww2, so he was one of the early developers of ASW doctrine. He was influential and supposedly very good at his job. Not all his decisions were sensible; he was aggressive and ruthless which was what was required. I was just thinking if you had a section on these 2 guys in their ww1 years and show how they used their ww1 experience it would nicely set your whole thesis into the wider context. Hope the info helps, let us know how you get on. T K W