 | by - Beach, Edward L.
(Run silent, run deep) (1978, Tammi, Helsinki)
ISBN 9513043037
Paperback, 270 pages, second edition
Description: This is a book every sub enthusiast should read. Beach, commander of an American sub in WWII, depict ...
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 | by - Noli, Jean
(The wolves of the admiral) (1972, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
Hardcover, 472 pages, no photos
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| by - Karhunen, Joppe
(Specialists Strike) (1971, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
Description: This book contains about a dozen chapters, each describing a specialist from one of the branches of ...
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 | by - Ott, Wolfgang
(Sharks and little fishes) (1963, WSOY, Porvoo)
Paperback, 415 pages
Description: This highly acclaimed novel realistically describes the life of a German U-boat officer in WWII. A < ...
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 | by - Ekman, Per-Olof
(Sea wolves: Submarines and submarine warfare in the Baltic Sea)
Ubåtar och ubåtskrig i Östersjön (1983, Schildt, Helsinki)
ISBN 9515002796
348 pages, 40 photos, maps
Description: A great book which covers both WWI and WWII and all the movements of Russian, Finnish and German sub ...
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 | by - Bekker, Cajus
(The Baltic and the Gulf of Finland 1944-1945) (1960, WSOY, Porvoo)
Hardcover, 336 pages, some maps
Description: "The true story of the last mission of the Kriegsmarine and of the rescue by sea of over two million ...
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 | by - Monsarrat, Nicholas
(The cruel sea) (1963, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
Paperback, 503 pages, 5th edition
Description: The story is about convoy escorts, first aboard the corvette H.M.S. Compass Rose, and later on the f ...
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| by - Gallery, Daniel
(Captured submarine) (1958, Tammi, Helsinki)
258 pages, photos
Description: This book details the history and eventual capture of the U-505 during W ...
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 | by - MacLean, Alistair
(Bear Island) (1971, WSOY, Porvoo)
Hardcover, 319 pages
Description: This novel deals only indirectly with U-boats, with the action taking place a quarter century after ...
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| by - Bekker, Cajus
(Damned sea) (1973, Gummerus, Oy, Jyväskylä)
ISBN 9512002396
Description: General account of the Kriegsmarine, including some details of U-boat operations. Overall a good boo ...
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| by - Trew, Antony
(Kleber's convoy) (1979, Uusi Kirjakerho, Helsinki)
ISBN 951540214X
Hardcover, 282 pages
Description: Kleber, commanding a 15-boat wolfpack, is determined to destroy a 35-ship convoy to Murmansk. A Brit ...
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| by - Robertson, Terence
(The golden horseshoe) (1957, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
266 pages, photos
Description: Covers Kretschmer's career in the U-boat arm and as a prisoner of wa ...
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| by - Peuranheimo, Orvo, Pirhonen, Jouko and Killinen, Kullervo
(Wooden ships, iron men) (1956, WSOY, Porvoo)
227 pages, 74 photos, 6 maps
Description: The battles of motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Finland 1941-1944. Excellent book. The authors ser ...
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| by - Jenkins, Geoffrey
(A twist of sand) (1960, Soderstrom, Helsinki)
315 pages
Description: Reader's comment: Fiction, regarding experimental German U-boats in South African waters.
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 | by - Karhunen, Joppe
(Sea Aviators in the Sky of War) (1980, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
Description: Colonel Joppe Karhunen (Knight of the Mannerheim Cross) is a Finnish wartime fighter ace (over 30 vi ...
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 | by - Higgins, Jack
(Storm warning) (1976, Gummerus, Oy, Jyväskylä)
ISBN 9512034352
Paperback, 260 pages
Description: A U-boat appears briefly in this book. The commander of this U-boat is one of the main characters in ...
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 | by - Fullerton, Alexander
(The waiting game) (1987, Karisto Oy, Hämeenlinna)
ISBN 951232458X
Hardcover, 288 pages
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 | by - MacLean, Alistair
(Robbery in the Barents Sea) (1984, WSOY, Juva)
Hardcover, 302 pages
Description: A novel about a hospital ship which must deal with sabotage while crossing U-boat infested waters.
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 | by - MacLean, Alistair
(A convoy to Murmansk) (1961, WSOY, Porvoo)
Paperback, 430 pages
Description: This is a classic that tells the story of a convoy heading towards Murmansk in winter 1943. The book ...
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 | by - Nylund, Frans
(Convoy at sight) (1974, Tammi)
Hardcover, no photos
Description: Martina, a Finnish merchant ship, sails from London to Uruguay in October 1939. The ship avoids min ...
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 | by - Forsén, Björn and Forsén, Annette
(Germany's and Finland's secret cooperation in the development of U-boats) (1999, WSOY, Helsinki)
ISBN 951024029X
Hardcover, 330 pages, 56 photos
Description: This book covers the secret development of German submarines in Finland after World War I.
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| by - Bekker, Cajus
(Struggle and defeat of the German Navy) (1955, WSOY, Porvoo)
Hardcover, 278 pages, 172 photos
Description: A general account; includes a chapter on the U-boats.
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 | by - Kijanen, Kalervo
(Submarine alarm) (1977, )
ISBN 9519545700
80 photos
Description: The book is out of print and extremely hard to find even in second hand bookstores in Finland. Exce ...
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 | by - Buchheim, Lothar-Günther
(The boat) (1975, Wilin & Göös, Helsinki)
ISBN 9513513084
Hardcover, 459 pages
Description: This well-known novel, stemming from the author's experiences as a war correspondent on - This book has been translated from another language
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 | by - Melkko, Markku
(Submarine Vesikko) (1991, Sotamuseon Julkaisuja -Maurinkatu 1, Helsinki Finland)
ISBN 9512505371
27 pages, 15 photos
Description: This book covers the Finnish submarine Vesikko, which can be consider ...
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| by - Tuompo, W.E.
(Onboard Uboat UC-57 to the Liberation War) (1934, Oy Sanatar)
Description: In November 1917 U-boat UC-57 transported a group of Finnish freedom fighters from Germany back to t ...
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 | by - Ekman, Per-Olof
(Submarine war in the Baltic Sea) (1986, Keristo Oy, Hameenlinna)
ISBN 9519979115
431 pages, about 40 photos and maps
Description: A great book which covers both WWI and WWII and all the movements of Russian, Finnish and German sub ...
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 | by - N/A
(History of the Finnish Navy 1918-1968) (1968, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
2 volumes: Volume 1, 326 pages; Volume 2, 512 pages; b&w photos, maps
Description: In these books are described Finnish submarines and their careers. Among the authors is Kalervo Kija ...
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 | by - Keskinen, Kalevi and Mantykoski, Jorma
(The Finnish Navy at War) (1991, Tietoteos Oy)
ISBN 9518919054
168 pages, approximately 200 photos, 1 map
Description: This is actually a bilingual book, as the text is written both in Finnish and in English. However, ...
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| by - Innes, Hammond
(The battle of the base) (1963, Otava Oy, Helsinki)
Paperback, 230 pages
Description: A bit far-fetched story about a secret undersea U-boat base in Cornwall, England(!) and its destruct ...
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 | by - Pukkila, Eino
(The Battle Alarm) (1961, WSOY, Porvoo)
299 pages, 30 photos, 4 maps
Description: The Finnish Navy at War 1941-1945. Excellent book. The author is commodore Eino Pukkila. Included ar ...
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| by - Prien, Günther
(The way to Scapa Flow)
Merimiehestä sukellusveneen päälliköksi (1941, Kustannusyhtiö Otava, Helsinki)
Hardcover, 160 pages, 37 photographs
Description: Wartime autobiography of the most famous U-boat commander, probably ghost ...
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 | by - Gallagher, Thomas
(The destruction of Tirpitz) (1980, Kirjayhtymä, Helsinki)
ISBN 9512603470
Hardcover, 208 pages
Description: Describes the attack of mini-submarines against the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaafjord near Alta ...
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 | by - Heikkinen, Helge
(The unknown sailor) (1975, WSOY, Porvoo)
ISBN 9510066230
327 pages, many photos
Description: Covers the Finnish Merchant Fleet in the First World War.
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 | by - Higgins, Jack
(The moment of verdict) (1993, Gummerus, Oy, Jyväskylä)
ISBN 9512043319
Hardcover, 350 pages
Description: Story of a British intelligence agent diving on a mysterious U-boat found in the Caribbean. The comm ...
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| by - Follett, James
(U-700) (1981, Tammi, Helsinki)
ISBN 951305277X
Hardcover, 222 pages
Description: Novelization of the capture of U-570 and the attempt of the IWO to sink ...
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| by - Schaeffer, Heinz
(U-977: 66 days under water)
66 vuorokautta veden alla (1955, WSOY, Porvoo)
258 pages
Description: Autobiography of the commander. It tells the story of U-977's last voyag ...
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 | by - Tapani Mattila
(Threat From West) (1997, Suomi merella-saatio)
Description: The first half of the book tells about the 19th century national Finnish Navy, Suomen Meriekipaasi, ...
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| by - Lamb, Charles
(Sink the Ships of Rommel) (1979, Karisto Oy, Hämeenlinna)
ISBN 9512313944
Hardcover, 375 pages, 28 photographs, 1 map
Description: Considered one of the finer books covering the Swordfish aircraft during WWII.
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 | by - Berthold, Will
(Faithful until death: Victory and defeat of the Bismarck) (1978, Karisto Oy, Hämeenlinna)
ISBN 9512312603
Hardcover, 225 pages, photos
Description: The story of the German battleship Bismarck.
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 | by - Heikkinen, Helge
(In dangerous waters) (1960, WSOY, Porvoo)
383 pages, many photos
Description: Covers Finnish merchant vessels in World War II.
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