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The Encyclopedia of U-Boats: From 1904 to the Present

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The 373 U-boats which saw service in WW1 accounted for 6,394 merchant ships with a combined tonnage of over 11 million tonnes. In addition they sank 100 enemy warships - including 10 Battleships. By comparison, the 1,169 U-Boats operating during WW2 sank 2,840 merchant ships with a combined tonnage of over 14 million tonnes and 149 enemy warship including 7 Aircraft Carriers. And those are just the opening comments from this excellent book.

From the earliest German submersible craft built in 1850 to the 12 vessels which are still in service with the modern Bundesmarine, this book will tell you almost everything you ever wanted to know about the German submarine. With plans, drawings and photographs, the U-Boats are listed in alpha-numeric order with all the technical information relevant to the specific vessel. These details are followed by the fate of each craft.

As a junior officer, Dr Möller served briefly on both the Tirpitz and a type XXI U-boat during WW2 and is one of Germany's leading authorities on the subject of the U-Boat. I congratulate him on an excellent work.

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This is a fascinating book but make sure it's what you're looking for: it's a list of U-Boats, their captains, various stats on them, where they sailed, etc. It's not a book to get a sense of what life was like on them. But if you're clear about what you want, this could be perfect for you.

I bought this for my Special Friend who enjoys building Models
He wanted this for reference to correctly paint his model Subs.

Great Gift he really liked it.