Excellent, thank you! I hope that you enjoy the rest of it as well.
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Into the Danger Zone, Sea Crossings of the First World War, is now in stock and available on Amazon UK, and will be available on Amazon US in February. Here is a link to the Amazon UK listing: This book has a great deal of information and unpublished or rare accounts relating to U-boats in the first world war, and the harrowing crossings that people made during that time. It is sure
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Good points raised in this conversation. Figuring out which U-boats were sunk by aircraft directly is tricky as-is, but figuring out which were sunk after being spotted by aircraft on spotting duty over convoys is a different matter. That is even trickier to determine.
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Hi Steve, I don't mean to derail the conversation, but what kind of condition is the Pathfinder in given the explosion of the magazine? Eyewitness descriptions make it sound as if the forward part of the ship disintegrated on the surface. Kind regards, Tad
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Hello everyone, In addition to the Facebook page, here is the website for "Into the Danger Zone." The book will be going to print this week, and will be available beginning in October: Kind regards, Tad
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Thank you for your interest. The scheduled release dates are October 1st in the UK and Europe, and February in the US and Canada. Amazon UK and Amazon US are currently taking preorders: For those interested in ordering directly from the authors, we will be getting a shipment of books in the US after the UK release date and will post information regarding that. Have you checked out
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Hello everyone, Given the shared interests in WWI and U-boats that we all here have, I thought I would inform the readers regarding a new book that I coauthored with researcher Mike Poirier which is due out in October in the UK and Europe, and February in the US and Canada. The title is "Into the Danger Zone, Sea Crossings of the First World War." Here is a brief synopsis of the s
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Thank you so much for the kind responses regarding the logbook, this is exactly the information that I was seeking. I very much appreciate it. Danke schön! DF
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Hello, I know that Johannes Feldkirchener was awarded an Iron Cross at some point since it is visible in pictures of him with his uniform. Does anyone know off-hand how many crewmembers of the U-17 were awarded Iron Cross First Class in 1914? Thank you in advance.
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Thank you for the response. I will have to check and see if NARA has it at all. If anyone has a hard copy and would be willing to copy a couple specific entries, it would be much appreciated. In the meantime I will continue to see if I can track down a copy at one of the archives.
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Hello all, This topic may be covered elsewhere, so please forgive me if that is the case. Does anyone know where I might be able to get a copy of the logbook of U-21? I am particularly interested in the entry Otto Hersing relating to the sinking of HMS Pathfinder, as well as a few other items. Any information would be appreciated. Kind regards, Tad
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Thank you very much for your kind responses. Both of you helped tremendously. I have a German language version of the book, and didn't realize Sauer wasn't a captain until later in his career. My German is rusty, and I fear lost some of the details in translation. Thank you kindly, DF
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Greetings, I am writing in regards to the German language book "Die Höllenmaschine Im U-Boot," which documents the WWI experiences of Captain Herbert Sauer, a U-Boat commander during WWI. I am writing to see whether anyone has any biographical information relating to Captain Sauer. I am interested to hear what happened to him following the publication of his book, and during WWI
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