German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee: The Patrols of U-201 in World War II - Rilegato

Braeuer, Luc

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ISBN 10: 076434823X ISBN 13: 9780764348235

Casa editrice: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2015

Riassunto

Few commanders symbolize the evolution of the German U-boat arm during the Second World War as does Adalbert "Adi" Schnee. In 1940, Schnee successively commanded three Type II U-boatsaU-6, U-60 and U-121a in which he registered his first successes in the Atlantic. From the beginning of 1941, he was appointed commander of U-201, the first Type VIIC U-boat allotted to I Flotilla. During seven patrols with this U-Boot, which would take him to the coasts of America and Africa, he would receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. With 15 ships sunk in convoys in the mid-Atlantic, he became the specialist in this form of attack. Commanding U-2511 in May 1945, he alone carried out an actual combat mission in the Type XXI U-boat. With the aid of logbooks and the recent discovery of a considerable collection of images from a war correspondent on one of U-201's missions, this book examines Schnee's incredible combat career.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Schiffer Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 076434823X
• ISBN 13: 9780764348235
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 95