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Author : Hans Jacob Goebeler
Release : 1999-01-01
Genre : Sailors
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Book Rating : 405/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Steel Boats, Iron Hearts by : Hans Jacob Goebeler
Download or read book Steel Boats, Iron Hearts written by Hans Jacob Goebeler. This book was released on 1999-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans Goebeler
Release : 2005-01-19
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Steel Boat, Iron Hearts by : Hans Goebeler
Download or read book Steel Boat, Iron Hearts written by Hans Goebeler. This book was released on 2005-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the German submarine U-505 and its dramatic capture by the US Navy during WWII—told by one of its crewmen. Hans Goebeler is known as the man who “pulled the plug” on U-505 in 1944 to keep his beloved U-boat out of Allied hands. Steel Boat, Iron Hearts is his no-holds-barred account of service aboard a combat U-boat. It is the only full-length memoir of its kind, and Goebeler was aboard for every one of U-505’s war patrols. Using his own experiences, log books, and correspondence with other U-boat crewmen, Goebeler offers rich and very personal details about what life was like in the German Navy under Hitler. Because his first and last posting was to U-505, Goebeler’s perspective of the crew, commanders, and war patrols paints a vivid and complete portrait unlike any other to come out of the Kriegsmarine. He witnessed it all: from deadly sabotage efforts that almost sunk the boat to the tragic suicide of the only U-boat commander who took his life during WWII; from the terror and exhilaration of hunting the enemy to the seedy brothels of France. The vivid, honest, and smooth-flowing prose calls it like it was and pulls no punches. U-505 was captured by Captain Dan Gallery’s Guadalcanal Task Group 22.3 on June 4, 1944. Trapped by this “Hunter-Killer” group, U-505 was depth-charged to the surface, strafed by machine gun fire, and boarded. It was the first enemy ship captured at sea since the War of 1812. Today, hundreds of thousands of visitors tour U-505 each year at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Includes photos and a special Introduction by Keith Gill, Curator of U-505, Museum of Science and Industry
Author : Hans Jacob Goebeler
Release : 2008
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 319/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Steel Boats, Iron Hearts by : Hans Jacob Goebeler
Download or read book Steel Boats, Iron Hearts written by Hans Jacob Goebeler. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in a privately distributed paper edition as Steel boats, iron hearts: the wartime saga of Hans Goebeler and the U-505 (Wagnerian Publications, 1999)"--T.p. verso.
Author : Theodore P. Savas
Release : 2004-06-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 011/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hunt and Kill by : Theodore P. Savas
Download or read book Hunt and Kill written by Theodore P. Savas. This book was released on 2004-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology and innovation. After the war U-505 was transported to Chicago, where today 1,000,000 visitors a year pass through her at the Museum of Science and Industry. Hunt and Kill offers the first definitive study of U-505. The chapters cover her construction, crew and commanders, combat history, general Type IX operations, naval intelligence, the eight fatal German mistakes that doomed the boat, and her capture, transportation, and restoration for posterity. The contributors to this fascinating volume--a Who's Who of U-boat historians--include: Erich Topp (U-Boat Ace, commander of U-552); Eric Rust (Naval Officers Under Hitler); Timothy Mulligan (Neither Sharks Nor Wolves); Jak Mallman Showell (Hitler's U-boat Bases); Jordan Vause (Wolf); Lawrence Patterson (First U-boat Flotilla); Mark Wise (Enigma and the Battle of the Atlantic); Keith Gill (Curator, Museum of Science and Industry), and Theodore Savas (Silent Hunters; Nazi Millionaries).
Author : Jordan Vause
Release : 2001-11-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 808/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis U-Boat Ace by : Jordan Vause
Download or read book U-Boat Ace written by Jordan Vause. This book was released on 2001-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exceptional figure in the history of the German Navy, Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men in the Wehrmacht to win Germany's highest combat decoration, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. At one time or another he operated in almost every theater of the undersea war, from Norway to the Indian Ocean, and became the second most successful German U-boat ace in World War II, sinking more than 220,000 tons of merchant shipping. A master in the art of military leadership, Luth was the youngest man to be appointed to the rank of captain and the youngest to become commandant of the German Naval Academy. Nevertheless, his accomplishments were overshadowed by those of other great aces, such as Prien, Kretschmer, and Topp. The publication of this book in hardcover in 1990 marked the first comprehensive study of Luth's life. Jordan Vause corrects the long neglect by providing an entertaining and authoritative biography that places the ace in the context of the war at sea. This new paperback edition includes corrections and additional information collected by the author over the past decade.
