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Die Heimfahrt der U-720

by - Lehnhoff, Joachim
(The return of U-720)
1956, Kindler-Verlag München
288 pages
In this novel, Germany is on the eve of collapse. A U-boat slips its moorings at night with six frogmen on board. The crew look forward to a perilous journey, while the Captain recognizes the IWO as the man who has seduced his young wife. The main theme is a chance encounter between two young people. Many more characters make up the story line. Scenes on the boat are interspersed with scenes ashore.

Translations of this title include:

	The Homeward Run by - Lehnhoff, Joachim 1957, Wyman & Sons Ltd Hardcover, 224 pages In this novel, Germany is on the eve of collapse. A U-boat slips its moorings at night with six frogmen on board. The crew look forward to a perilous journey, while the Captain recognizes the IWO as the man who has seduced his young wife. The main theme is a chance encounter between two young people. Many more characters make up the story line. Scenes on the boat are interspersed with scenes ashore.

	Sobre la tumba del marino no florecen las rosas by - Lehnhoff, Joachim (The homeward run) 1959, Luis de Caralt Hardcover, 299 pages In this novel, Germany is on the eve of collapse. A U-boat slips its moorings at night with six frogmen on board. The crew look forward to a perilous journey, while the Captain recognizes the IWO as the man who has seduced his young wife. The main theme is a chance encounter between two young people. Many more characters make up the story line. Scenes on the boat are interspersed with scenes ashore.

	Sur la tombe des marins ne fleurissent pas les roses by - Lehnhoff, Joachim (On a sailor's tomb no roses bloom) 1964, Presses de la Cité, Paris 244 pages In this novel, Germany is on the eve of collapse. A U-boat slips its moorings at night with six frogmen on board. The crew look forward to a perilous journey, while the Captain recognizes the IWO as the man who has seduced his young wife. The main theme is a chance encounter between two young people. Many more characters make up the story line. Scenes on the boat are interspersed with scenes ashore.