U-Boats at War

Landings on Hostile Shores

By Showell, Jak P. Mallmann
2001, United States Naval Inst.
ISBN 155750864X
Hardcover, 160 pages

Descripton: As its title suggests, this book focuses on U-boat shore landings or approaches, most in the course of special missions (dropping off spies and saboteurs, setting up weather stations, attempting to pick up escaped POWs, etc.). U-boats discussed at some length include U-37 U-65, U-202, U-1229, U-1230, U-213, U-518, U-536, U-537, U-66, U-380, U-760, U-212, U-703, U-355, U-365, U-354 and U-722. Many other boats are mentioned more briefly.

From the uboat.net review: Showell's U-boats at War: Landings on Hostile Shores collects all known instances of U-boats landing on foreign shores during World War II and also attempts to debunk some of the many rumors surrounding U-boat landings, secret bases, and speci ...
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