From Baird Maritime
As is generally well known, the lives of the U-Boat crews of Nazi Germany were nasty, brutish and short.
What is often forgotten, though, is that they were inspired and spiced by excitement, adventure, camaraderie, recognition and pride in a job well done.
The author, an American, captures this dichotomy very effectively. Fortunately she has managed to interview a significant group of ageing survivors of the U-Boat service. This she has interwoven usefully with diary excerpts and other first hand accounts of U-Boat activities.
Submarines are and are likely to remain at the very frontline of modern navies. It is imperative that modern submarines and those who send them to sea understand the human factor in submarine warfare. This book does a fine job of ensuring that they do so. Submarines, despite what many political and bureaucrats think, are not just about money.
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