U-Boat 977: The True Story of the U-Boat That Escaped to Argentina - Rilegato

Schaeffer, Heinz

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ISBN 10: 1784382493 ISBN 13: 9781784382490

Casa editrice: Naval Inst Pr, 2017

Riassunto

This is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, the vessel had spent a remarkable sixty-six days submerged.

When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and those who found Heinz Schaeffer's account a revealing picture of the German navy's training and methods.

The author depicts the grueling aspects of a submariner's life. In the final months of the war, Schaeffer and his crew came under constant attacks from Allied aircraft and surface ships.

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Recensione:

An engrossing piece of war history. --Nicholas Monsarrat

A story of grim adventure and a remarkable post-war escape to South America. --Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Heinz Schaeffer joined the German Navy at the very beginning of World War II after a boyhood spent mostly in small sailing boats. France had just fallen when, with other naval cadets, he was sent to the 16th Advanced Flotilla operating in the Bay of Biscay. A newly-commissioned midshipman in 1941, he was posted to a U-boat in the Baltic, later in the Atlantic. By then the Allies were making full use of radar and before long the U-boat fleets were coming under heavy attack and suffering great losses. In 1944, Heinz Schaeffer took command of a new submarine, U-977\. It was to be his last command. Schaeffer's granddaughter has contributed a new foreword to this edition of the memoir.

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• Editore: Naval Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1784382493
• ISBN 13: 9781784382490
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 213