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Re: U-505 - War Bond Tours in 1945
Posted by:
Derek Waller
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Date: December 22, 2012 11:26AM
Dear Robert,
Thank you, and I confirm that I have a copy of James Wise's book about U-505.
Unfortunately, however, the book does not contain comprehensive cover of U-505's two War Bond Tours - hence the need for the question in my first post in this thread in March 2011, and the reason why I have been working on the topic ever since.
Wise covers the matter between pages 96 and 99 but, for instance, whilst the interesting personal memoire of Messers Sisson and Hill relates to the 2nd War Bond Tour, the $50 Bond which is illustrated alongside the latter relates to the 1st War Bond Tour, of which he provides no details.
Incidentally, Wise is incorrect in his statements on page 97 about the original division of the U-Boats at the end of the war. France was not involved in the decision, there was no stipulation that the 10 U-Boats allocated to each of the three Allies (USA, USSR and UK) should be sunk within two years, and U-505 had been exempted from the original allocations. It was for this reason that the US Navy ended up with 11 U-Boats, rather than the 10 that had been agreed at Potsdam on 1 August 1945.
Yours aye
Derek
Thank you, and I confirm that I have a copy of James Wise's book about U-505.
Unfortunately, however, the book does not contain comprehensive cover of U-505's two War Bond Tours - hence the need for the question in my first post in this thread in March 2011, and the reason why I have been working on the topic ever since.
Wise covers the matter between pages 96 and 99 but, for instance, whilst the interesting personal memoire of Messers Sisson and Hill relates to the 2nd War Bond Tour, the $50 Bond which is illustrated alongside the latter relates to the 1st War Bond Tour, of which he provides no details.
Incidentally, Wise is incorrect in his statements on page 97 about the original division of the U-Boats at the end of the war. France was not involved in the decision, there was no stipulation that the 10 U-Boats allocated to each of the three Allies (USA, USSR and UK) should be sunk within two years, and U-505 had been exempted from the original allocations. It was for this reason that the US Navy ended up with 11 U-Boats, rather than the 10 that had been agreed at Potsdam on 1 August 1945.
Yours aye
Derek
