Hi Michele,

Books by Llowell Thomas are very good. He travelled around Germany after the First World War meeting people and interviewing them. Another good book of his is The Sea Devil. It is about Felix Graf von Luckner (you can find details of him on the net if you don't wish to read the book - he was not a U-boat commander).

Uboat 202 by Freiherr von Spiegel is another good book and was very popular in the U.S. when it was first published. It has been reprinted a number of times but I do not when the last one was - sorry.

Sometimes I think WW1 was the more interesting of the two in all theatres. When you compare the primitave things they had to fight with compared even with WW2 let alone the modern weapons systems that are around today :-)

Although I have met three WW1 U-boat commanders and know something of most of the others I can honestly say that I do not have a favourite. As in all walks of life some were good, some not so good and some were classed as war criminals.
That said, however, Otto Weddigen is a man to be admired for his courage and bravery in sinking the Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy. If you are in Germany or ever get there the house where Otto Weddigen was born is still standing in Herford and there are still Otto Weddigens living there.

I will try and sort out a book list if you are interested but many may well be out of print or in a language other than English.

Regards
MPC