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Another fine work from accomplished U-Boat author
Jak Mallmann Showell is likely the most accomplished and knowledgeable author when it comes to writing about the German Kriegsmarine in WWII. This book I think is one of his better works and the though the long range U-boat missions have been spoken about in some of his other books, its definately a topic that should be expaneded into an entire book. Almost the first half of the book contains a few chapters that expand on the role, strategies and life for sailors serving in U-Boats on long distance patrols. If you have read much on U-Boats some of the points you probably know already but I still found a number of details that I dont believe I had ever read about before. The second half of the book focuses on the story of a few of the long distance boats that survived and Showell goes into nice detail of the crews experiences battling not only the allies but of boredom, the heat and their long confinements among other things. As usual Showell has placed great photos throughout the book of pictures that the majority of which I had never seen before. Its great that he seldom uses the same photos in multiple books. I find sometimes his opinions regarding the war sometimes odd but overall his interest in the topic and willingness to investigate and explore the subject in my opinion makes him one of the great authors turning out WWII related books over the past 30 years. If you like reading about U-Boats I believe you would probably enjoy this latest work by him.
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Another fine work from accomplished U-Boat author
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014
Jak Mallmann Showell is likely the most accomplished and knowledgeable author when it comes to writing about the German Kriegsmarine in WWII. This book I think is one of his better works and the though the long range U-boat missions have been spoken about in some of his other books, its definately a topic that should be expaneded into an entire book. Almost the first half of the book contains a few chapters that expand on the role, strategies and life for sailors serving in U-Boats on long distance patrols. If you have read much on U-Boats some of the points you probably know already but I still found a number of details that I dont believe I had ever read about before. The second half of the book focuses on the story of a few of the long distance boats that survived and Showell goes into nice detail of the crews experiences battling not only the allies but of boredom, the heat and their long confinements among other things. As usual Showell has placed great photos throughout the book of pictures that the majority of which I had never seen before. Its great that he seldom uses the same photos in multiple books. I find sometimes his opinions regarding the war sometimes odd but overall his interest in the topic and willingness to investigate and explore the subject in my opinion makes him one of the great authors turning out WWII related books over the past 30 years. If you like reading about U-Boats I believe you would probably enjoy this latest work by him.
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2014
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A good informative book well illustrated
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