Recommended reading - Page 2

Rotary Crewman · 02-08-06, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sawdust

I'm currently reading Lone Wolf: The Life and Death of U-Boat Ace Werner Henke by Timothy P. Mulligan. I'm only a few chapters in, but it's had lots of interesting stuff in it so far. Henke captained U-515, a Type IX C.

Been going through this list of books and attempting to get them cheap off amazon. But this one struck me down!

How much!?

Rotary Crewman · 02-08-06, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Heinz Schaeffer
U-Boat 977
WW Norton & Co (1952)
Bantam Paperback (1981)

Schaeffer started his war as a junior U-Boat officer in May 1941, and ended it by taking his Type VIIc from Norway to Argentina, arriving on August 17, 1945, after a 66-day voyage entirely under water, running on schnorkel. His highly readable book covers his career in as much detail as can be packed into 190 pages.

On your recommendation, ordered for Â£1.25

STEED · 02-12-06, 06:30 PM

Siegfried Breyer - GERMAN U-BOAT TYPE XXI

Rotary Crewman · 02-18-06, 03:56 AM

Almost finished U977, excellent book. Like it said in the review, not too much details but very good.

Ordered the golden horseshoe for 0.01p. Gotta love amazon and second hand books

Bertgang · 02-22-06, 10:18 AM

My little contribution with some less known titles:

"Sharks and little fishes" - by Ott
Sad war tale about a small group of german sailors, since enlistment to last mission on an u-boot, passing trought their service on a minesweeper. To not miss.

"No survivors" and following books - by Gray
A four books saga around the career of a fictional german ace.
An enjoyable adventure, nearly disappeared from bookstores.

"A twist of sands" - by Jenkins
A mix between a spy story and a war tale, with interesting pages about submarines.
The main character is the captain of a british sub, who had to face lot of tactical and technical problems to hunt an experimental u-boat

"Un sommergibile non Ã¨ tornato alla base" - by Maronari
If translated, the english title should sound like "A submarine never come back to base", or something similar
It's the war diary of an italian subsailor of the "Tazzoli", the tonnage leader of "Regia Marina" .
Interesting to read, even if the author wasn't a great writer.

"U-boot, secret menace" - by Mason
Short and cheap historical handbook about german WWII subs; simple but nearly exhaustive, it appeared about thirty years ago in pocket edition, and was translated in italian and spanish (an used copy of the spanish version was available past month in a nautical bookstore in Rome).
The english title given is my translation from "latin" versions.

U-Dog · 02-28-06, 04:55 AM

Anything in English on Italian subs in WW2 ?

2019 · 02-28-06, 06:15 AM

For those who are more interested in WWI era.

Raiders of the Deep
Lowell Thomas
isbn: 1591148618

Bertgang · 02-28-06, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by U-Dog

Anything in English on Italian subs in WW2 ?

I don't know for printed books, but something really interesting is available online:

http://www.subnetitalia.it/

and

http://www.regiamarina.net/

Grayback · 11-07-06, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by nervouspete

Anybody read 'The Cruel Sea' by Nicholas Monseraat? A brilliant book about the terror and drudgery of convoy duty. Semi-autobiographical as well, though Monseraat did a fully autobiographic one... which I can't quite remember. Gagh.

How did the movie compare to the book?

02-18-06, 03:56 AM	#19
Rotary Crewman Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The cold part of a Helicopter, the back. Posts: 395 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Almost finished U977, excellent book. Like it said in the review, not too much details but very good. Ordered the golden horseshoe for 0.01p. Gotta love amazon and second hand books __________________

02-28-06, 06:15 AM	#22
2019 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 202 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	For those who are more interested in WWI era. Raiders of the Deep Lowell Thomas isbn: 1591148618 __________________ IMPERIAL U-FLOTILLA 1914-1918 http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/heinrich/main.htm Current stage: 2 - Pre Alpha Status: 27%

02-12-06, 06:30 PM	#18
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Siegfried Breyer - GERMAN U-BOAT TYPE XXI

02-22-06, 10:18 AM	#20
Bertgang Sparky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Italy Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	My little contribution with some less known titles: "Sharks and little fishes" - by Ott Sad war tale about a small group of german sailors, since enlistment to last mission on an u-boot, passing trought their service on a minesweeper. To not miss. "No survivors" and following books - by Gray A four books saga around the career of a fictional german ace. An enjoyable adventure, nearly disappeared from bookstores. "A twist of sands" - by Jenkins A mix between a spy story and a war tale, with interesting pages about submarines. The main character is the captain of a british sub, who had to face lot of tactical and technical problems to hunt an experimental u-boat "Un sommergibile non Ã¨ tornato alla base" - by Maronari If translated, the english title should sound like "A submarine never come back to base", or something similar It's the war diary of an italian subsailor of the "Tazzoli", the tonnage leader of "Regia Marina" . Interesting to read, even if the author wasn't a great writer. "U-boot, secret menace" - by Mason Short and cheap historical handbook about german WWII subs; simple but nearly exhaustive, it appeared about thirty years ago in pocket edition, and was translated in italian and spanish (an used copy of the spanish version was available past month in a nautical bookstore in Rome). The english title given is my translation from "latin" versions.

02-28-06, 04:55 AM	#21
U-Dog Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 111 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Anything in English on Italian subs in WW2 ?