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U-boat war patrol: the hidden photographic diary of U564

By Lawrence , Paterson

Book information

Publisher
Frontline Books
Year
2016
ISBN
9781848327849, 9781473884625, 9781473884618, 9781473884601, 1473884616
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9276689 bytes)
Pages
(362 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

This unique account charts the complete story of a single U-boat patrol through the summer of 1942 based around a remarkable collection of photographs that were liberated from a concrete U-boat pen in Brest at the end of the war and which had, until recently, remained hidden in a shoe box. The boat in question, U-564, carried the famous three black cat motif of Reinhard Teddy Suhren who, along with Prien and Kretschmer, was one of the top U-boat commanders during the battles of the Atlantic. This remarkable book provides unique access into both the day-to-day life of a U-boat at sea and into the detailed workings of the Kriegsmarine. Through the successes and trials of U-564 the reader is transported to that vast and watery battlefield that was perhaps the most significant theatre of the Second World War.

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