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Das Boot: The Boat Paperback – April 1, 2007
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- Print length563 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCassell
- Publication dateApril 1, 2007
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions5.25 x 1.38 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100304352314
- ISBN-13978-0304352319
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Four detonations in quick succession, then the mad gurgle and roar of the black flood . . . a cold hand creeps under my collar and runs down my back. I shudder.
This is the story of a German U-boat, her commander and her crew, as they embark upon yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Weeks in a small metal tube twenty feet by two hundred feet with fifty other men. Weeks of unbearable tension and terror. Weeks of crushing boredom, as the condensation drips down the walls and mould slowly blooms on the food.
Written by a survivor of the U-boat fleet, this is a novel but not a work of fiction. Das Boot is one of the best and most truthful stories ever written about men in combat; a withering condemnation of the insanity of war.
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- Publisher : Cassell; Reprint edition (April 1, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 563 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0304352314
- ISBN-13 : 978-0304352319
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 14.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 1.38 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #186,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #952 in Military Historical Fiction
- #1,738 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #2,531 in War Fiction (Books)
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While Das Boot is a terrific book, that's not to say that I don't find a a few nits. Set in fall of 1941, the characters seem to be much more cynical and war-weary at that point in time, in my opinion, than would seem warranted. In 1941, it still appeared that the Nazi's might win World War II, although perhaps not at sea. The tone seems more appropriate for 1943 or later, when the Allies had taken full measure of the U-boat threat and began sinking them in such quantities that Admiral Doenitz was forced to pull them from the Atlantic for a period of time. Also, while the book intentionally mirrors the pace of the submariner's life while on patrol, the boredom, and in another instance, exposure to a month-long Atlantic storm, go on for too many pages.
However, the nits are just that ... minor nits, and in the whole, I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in what it was like to live as the hunter ... and hunted ... on a submarine.
The subtitles in the videos were fairly close to the German being spoken, which is a reasonable rendition of the book. My wife insisted on listening to the English soundtrack, which comicaly attempts to remove anything the least bit offensive to a Sunday school class. But the original subtitles are still there, blatantly revealing the demented hacking by censors. Wish I didn't have to be subjected to the the puritanical sterilization of a great story. I suggest reading the book to get the full flavor of Das Boot. Bet it is even better in its original German language.
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Ideal if you like WW2 and u boat stuff.