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RE: HMS Royal Oak
Posted by: joe brandt ()
Date: February 06, 2001 11:06PM

<HTML>A very good book to read on this subject is \"THE ROYAL OAK DISASTER by GERALD S. SNYDER ,1976 by the PRESIDIO PRESS , No ISBN number printed on this book. After the sinking Royal Navy divers examined the wreck and found bits of the exploaded German torpedo in and near the hole of the Royal Oak. This should be concrete proof but people always compare what happened to what is written in Prien\'s book, one should read his book ( if you read German it is a great story ! ) BUT REMEMBER IT IS A WAR TIME PROPAGANDA BOOK ONLY !! little in this book should be taken as fact. Most U-boat book Historians have doubts that Prien even wrote the book , most think it was WOLFGANG FRANK who wrote most of the book. Prien most likely wrote some stuff about his early life and military career but Prien did not have that much time between patrols to write a long book ,191 pages. Events in the book such as the U-boat being chased by a destroyer was great excitment , but never happened in real life. Most Royal Navy men said it was a very dark night yet in Prien\'s book he said it was very bright due to the Northern lights in the sky, does that not sound better ? THERE WE WERE ! saling on the surface , the sky above ablaze ! WE FORGE On ! We ATTACK and sink the ROYAL OAK , right under the nose of the Englishmen ! AND THEN we make our daring escape from certain death !! this is not word for word but the general idea in Prien\'s book , sounds great, even hair raising but propaganda for the folks back home......nothing more that that. </HTML>

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