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Re: Buchheim
Posted by: Dave Prucha ()
Date: July 05, 2003 05:42PM

<HTML>Hi Meg,

Thanks for your response.

Interesting - I had no idea that after re-fueling and re-provisioning in Vigo, it would count as a second war patrol. Blair records it as one patrol in Appendix 2 in Vol 1 of Hitler's U-Boat War, as does Wynn in Vol 1 of U-Boat Operations of the Second World War, but evidently German wartime record-keeping varied in this regard? Did they similarly record that time after re-fueling and re-provisioning at sea from a milk cow as a second patrol?

Just out of curiosity, did Buchheim receive a U-boat war badge after completing his second patrol, despite being on board as a correspondent?

Die Festung sounds quite interesting. Is it written in much the same style as Das Boot? Is there an English translation available? I found the contrast between Buchheim's syle and that of Cremer's and Werner's to be quite interesting, the latter two of course being quite direct in their prose (though Werner was very descriptive) as one might expect from professional military men, while Buchheim indeed approached his writing with the professional eye of an artist. Perhaps part of the contentiousness of latter years?

Also, have you read Die Abschied? If so, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on that as well.

Thanks again and regards,

Dave Prucha</HTML>

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Buchheim Dave Prucha 07/04/2003 06:59PM
Re: Buchheim Meg Rosenfeld 07/05/2003 01:14AM
Re: Buchheim Dave Prucha 07/05/2003 05:42PM
Re: Buchheim Meg Rosenfeld 07/06/2003 01:47AM
Re: Buchheim Bill Forsythe 07/08/2003 11:23AM
Re: Buchheim Meg Rosenfeld 07/08/2003 01:17PM
Re: Buchheim Meg Rosenfeld 07/06/2003 01:50AM
Re: Buchheim Dave Prucha 08/07/2003 12:54AM


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