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Samotny Wilk

Zycie i smierc asa U-Bootow Wernera Henke

By Mulligan, Timothy P.
(Lone Wolf)
1999, Finna
ISBN 8390507358
book is in Polish language

Descripton: The author chose a tricky subject to explore in this work. Henke's personality is difficult to understand from his actions, and the situation is compounded by previously published stories about him that might be biased. Henke served on U-124 with Jochen Mohr under Georg Schulz, legitimately won the Oak Leaves late in the war as CO of the U-515, sank the British liner Ceramic, was captured by Daniel Gallery's Guadalcanal-led task force, and was shot to death at Fort Hunt, Virginia while a prisoner of war. He is portrayed as being everything from a superb U-boat commander to 'a typical clean-cut, arrogant, ruthless Junker who gloried in the war.' The author provides reasonable, if not completely convincing, explanations for all the questions that are raised by this man's wartime record.

Biografia Wernera Henkego, dowódcy U-515, zastrzelonego podczas próby ucieczki z obozu jenieckiego w USA.

- This book has been translated from another language.