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First U-Boat Flotilla

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Many of us are aware that prior to America's entry into the war against the Axis powers, Germany had declared "Total War" on the seas. This book provides documentation of how that total war of destruction was launched and managed. In that respect, it belongs on any bookshelf for those interested in the prosecution of this war from the German side. Photographs are carefully selected, showing the Kriegsmarine cadre at the height of its morale. Additionally, from the "Tagebuch" or day-book of the "First U-Boat Flotilla" we see the important day to day operations, and the transition from wolfpacks who dominated the Atlantik from Brest, to the tattered remains compromised by superior counter-intelligence and tactical response.

It is no surprise that this work is one in the line published by the distintuished Naval Institute Press. This book shows the drama of the U-Boat war in reality, just as the film "Das Boot" did on screen. Rich in detail, this work provides a great technical treatise that complements that cinematic high drama, also drawn from actual experience of U-96.

Highly recommended--a part of history frequently neglected in the high drama of the Holocaust...the acts and near total destruction OF Hitler's "Christian Navy" is also an important piece of a puzzling and dark 12 years of human history.

Well worth reading - brings alive the subject of a detailed look at flotilla operations with a great combination of facts and veterans personal stories.