U-BOATS IN WORLD WARS ONE AND TWO: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) [Paperback]

Jon Sutherland (Author)

Book Description

Series: Images of War | Publication Date: November 2009

U Boats were the scourge of the seas for Allied shipping during both World Wars - almost bringing Britain to the brink of starvation on several occasions. This book contains unseen photographs taken by German submarine crew and captains during each war.

The World War One selection features a submariner's photos of U-25, an early German U-boat. They belonged to WO Friedrich Pohl who served on U-boats SM-25 and SMU-33.  There are many photos of the U-boat itself, crew on deck and attacks on Norwegian merchant ships with the surface gun. U-25 was launched 12 July 1913, sank a total of 21 ships, 14,126 tons and surrendered to France 23 February 1919. 

The World War Two photos include images from an original WW2 U Boat commander's photo album. It belonged to Kapitan Leutnant Herbert Bruninghaus. As a U Boat navigator, he served on the famous U-38 under ace Heinrich Liebe.  Herbert later went on to command three U Boats of his own - U-6, U-148 and U-1059. There are also original images from a Kriegmarine officer's photo album (unfortunately unnamed).  It includes photos of Commander Prien's U-47 returning to Kiel after attacks at Scapa Flow. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Pen and Sword (November 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1848840454
• ISBN-13: 978-1848840454
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,596,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the cost of an email!, August 16, 2011

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This review is from: U-BOATS IN WORLD WARS ONE AND TWO: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (Paperback)

A something-nothing book. Mistakes a plenty eg P108, not a snorkel actually a periscope, or P15 Bow of U Boat? nah the stern. How about the commander on P70? Unlikely - too old.

Pix are largely untitled without names etc and too much of the book does not deal with U Boats but other ships and even here no names or details to flesh out the substance.

Frankly it looks as if one of the authors found a box full of old war photos and decided to turn them into a book without any research or effort.

Give it a miss

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars U Boats at War, October 3, 2011

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james seeley "bosun" (Dorset) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U-BOATS IN WORLD WARS ONE AND TWO: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (Paperback)

I am checking out these Sutherland and Canwell books as I see them. The Cameron review is spot-on. The text and captions are crass: full of errors. Boats, places and commanders are misnamed; book padded out with pics which have little to do with U-Boats; commentary is childish.
Where did the photos come from? Few have proper credits?
According to the publisher's blurb they came from major archives. In that case wouldn't they have used the German Bundesarchiv? But I have a contact there who tells me they weren't approached. Could they be from other authors' German-language books or even musuem walls?