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U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944 Hardcover – August 23, 2017

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For the first time, a book exposes an obscure theater of the Second World War in great detail and comprehensively, not just in terms of geography but also from the perspectives of both Allied and Axis participants. U-Boats off Bermuda provides details of specific U-Boat patrols and their commanders, as well as a general overview of the situation in the theater of war around Bermuda. It is a detailed analysis of individual casualties, broken down by a) background of ship, b) background of U-boat, c) attack method (surface and/or submersed), d) details of survivors and their plight at sea and e) their rescue, recuperation and repatriation. Detailed maps and illustrations provide a human face to what were often tragic attacks with fatal consequences. Did you know that half a dozen German submarines came close enough to the Naval Operating Base in Bermuda to see Gibbs Hill? Or that hardy Canadians from a sunken trading schooner rowed and sailed their way to the remote island―on their own? Allied pilots based in Bermuda sank two German U-Boats, rescued dozens in daring water landings, and several crashed.
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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Fonthill Media
  4. Publication date
    August 23, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1781556067
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1781556061
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“The German U-Boast campaign against American shipping in the waters of Bermuda is an obscure theater of the Second World War which is now told in great detail and comprehensively… A simply fascinating and impressively informative read from cover to cover, "U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to both community and academic library World War II Military History collections.”
Midwest Book Review December 2017

“Wiberg successfully tells the engaging story of the oft-overlooked merchant crews who were a crucial part of the Battle of the Atlantic. His writing informs and, as he attempted to do, inspires empathy in the reader for the officers, sailors, and passengers aboard the U-Boat victims as well as with the U-Boat crews themselves. As the first comprehensive book on the subject, Wiberg has opened a new chapter in scholarship while allowing others to follow and flesh out other stories of Bermuda’s small but important role during World War II.”
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This book was a joy for me to research and write since I have been sailing to and from Bermuda - over 30 times - since age 18 in the late 1980s. It a group of islands of rare enchantment as well as isolation and its people are blessed with the kind of natural maritime savvy unique to distant island communities. This book is the second of a trilogy and as such ties the other two - U-Boats in Bahamas and U-Boats in New England together. The Bahamas book laid a foundation for the massive sinkings - over 130 vessels. Bermuda focuses more on the counter-attack by aircraft as well as the creative rescue of over 1,200 Allied sailors and passengers. New England will focus more on groups of saboteurs and U-boat victims from the fishing and schooner fleets. These books are a pleasure to compose, and I hope that readers enjoy them as much as I did creating them! Remember the over-riding theme is that each books presents a massive oceanic battlefield of World War II, utilizing previously censored original source material, for the first time in coalescent detail.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fonthill Media; 1st edition (August 23, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781556067
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781556061
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Eric Wiberg is an author and historian based in New York City where he was born. He grew up in Nassau, Bahamas to parents from Sweden and the US then attended New England boarding schools and Boston College. Age 23 found him as captain of a 68-foot sailing yacht from the Galapagos to New Zealand. By 25 he was a licensed 100-ton captain and relocated to Singapore where he operated tankers for three years. On return to Newport RI he founded a yacht delivery agency, Echo, which is still going, and in 2009 a publisher, Island Books. He has sailed over 75,000 miles on over 100 vessels in some 60 countries since 1987. After obtaining degrees in maritime law and marine affairs he relocated from New England to the New York area in 2006. He has been an executive recruiter, media salesman, tug marketer, offshore wind blogger, and public speaker. Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Discovery Channel, French, Spanish, and Norwegian TV have all interviewed him. His agent represented Sinatra, Marilyn, and a pope, and genres he's published in included script-writing, biography, history, academia, memoir, children's writing, and humor. A trilogy on U-Boats in New England, Bermuda and Bahamas in WWII resulted in Amazon listed the final book as a #1 New Release, submarines, in 2019. He lives near his son, Felix.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and well researched!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018
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This is an incredible, well written book! Full of detail! I take a very personal interest in this as my mother's first husband was killed while serving on the U.S.S. Gannet. I have been in touch with the author via e-mail and he strikes me as a very fine gentleman! If you have an interest in U-Boats buy this book! The research done is outstanding!
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Richard Murch
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work.. Bravo !
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2019
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Excellent well written book that describes much of what was unknown or not acknowledged about this subject. Thank you for the hard work and dedication to this important work.
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Carlyle Brady
3.0 out of 5 stars A so so book but it did give me great detail on what went on in that area during ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018
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A so so book but it did give me great detail on what went on in that area during the war. No action just statistics.
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John van der Doe
5.0 out of 5 stars The story and how is the research done
Reviewed in Canada on June 20, 2019
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I have not read the book. It is donated to the local library.
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Adrian Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2019
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Quite a tough book to get through, full of really detailed accounts of the different u boats that passed through Bermudian waters, worthwhile if you are a real buff.
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