Iron Coffins - Couverture souple

Werner, Herbert A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 030681160X ISBN 13 : 9780306811609

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

The former German U-boat commander Herbert Werner navigates readers through the waters of World War II, recounting four years of the most significant and savage battles. By war's end, 28,000 out of 39,000 German sailors had disappeared beneath the waves.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A first hand account of the German U-boat battles of World War II, by one of the very few surviving commanders.

This is a story of triumph, disaster and eventual survival against all odds. Herbert Werner was one of the few U-boat commanders whose skill, daring and incredible luck saw him safely through to the end of the war. His is an epic and chilling description of the fearful havoc wrought by one small U-boat on the Atlantic convoys. But easy success ebbed away in the face of ever-improving Allied detection and attack techniques. The hunters became the prey, to suffer appalling losses. Of 842 U-boats launched 779 were sunk, 'iron-coffins' to 28,000 men. Herbert Werner's graphic account of war waged from beneath the sea, of horror and cold, cruel death, is dedicated to the seamen of all nations who died in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Commander Herbert Werner served on five submarines from 1941 to 1945 and came to the United States in 1947.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 030681160X
• ISBN 13: 9780306811609
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 391