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Re: Books on WW One u-boats
Posted by: Felix C ()
Date: April 18, 2011 09:47AM

Felix C Wrote:
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> German Submarine War by Gibson & Prendergast. Post
> WWI history. Classic.
> reprint available. Most of it is available free at
> googlebooks
>
> Four Years of Underwater Cruising by Johannes
> Spiess. Weddigen's watch officer. Later became
> Uboat commander. Present at the mutinies. English
> Translation by Hyman Rickover.
>
> Diary of A U-Boat Commander. by anon. Awful book
> which I think is a propaganda piece but has enough
> detail to be based on reality. Available free at
> gutenburg project.
>
> U-Boat Westwards! Ernest Hashagen Campaign in
> 1917
>
> U-boat Stories by Claus Bergen. Post war book.
> Propaganda type with exploits of German
> Submariners. Claus Bergen was a naval artist who
> accompanied uboats on patrols.
>
> Raiders of the Deep. Lowell Thomas. As above but
> by an Amerian.
>
>
> Remainder or in German or tranlsated into French
> or Spanish or Italian. Not English.
>
> There is another on the merchant u-boat
> Deutschland. I think it is titles Merchant Uboat
> by the submarine commander. Published during the
> war. Never read it. Available from USNI.


Correction in that the Spiess book is Six Years Underwater Cruising not Four Years...

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Books on WW One u-boats Jukka Juutinen 04/15/2011 06:49AM
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Re: Books on WW One u-boats Jukka Juutinen 04/17/2011 07:42AM
Re: Books on WW One u-boats Felix C 04/17/2011 11:28AM
Re: Books on WW One u-boats Felix C 04/17/2011 11:55AM
Re: Books on WW One u-boats Jukka Juutinen 04/17/2011 01:30PM
Re: Books on WW One u-boats Felix C 04/17/2011 10:29PM
Re: Books on WW One u-boats Felix C 04/18/2011 09:47AM
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