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Donitz, U-Boats, Convoys: The British Version of His Memoirs from the Admiralty’s Secret Anti-Submarine Reports Hardcover – October 19, 2013

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The memoirs of Admiral Karl Dönitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating first-hand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, for the first time noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell has combined Dönitz’s memoirs in a parallel text with the British Admiralty’s secret Monthly Anti-Submarine Reports to produce a unique view of the U-boat war as it was perceived at the time by both sides.

The British Monthly Anti-Submarine Reports were classified documents issued only to senior officers hunting U-boats, and were supposed to have been returned to the Admiralty and destroyed at the end of the War, but by chance a set survived in the archives of the Royal Navy’s Submarine Museum in Gosport, allowing the reader a hitherto unavailable insight into the British view of the Battle of the Atlantic as it was being fought.

Together with the author’s commentary adding information that was either unknown or too secret to reveal at the time, this book gives possibly the most complete contemporary account of the desperate struggle in the North Atlantic in the Second World War.

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288 pages
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Frontline Books
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October 19, 2013
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6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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1848327013
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978-1848327016
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Jak P. Mallmann Showell is the author of more than twenty books on the German navy and U-boat operations and is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities in the field. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, 1944. He has lived in England for most of his life.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frontline Books (October 19, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1848327013
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1848327016
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches

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Not What I Expected

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2018

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Bottom Line Up Front: There is not a lot of material drawn straight from Donitz's memoir. Reference to that source consists mostly of the author paraphrasing Donitz. Second, and much larger oversight, this book essentially stops chronicling events in September 1943.

I figured there would be a great deal of comparison and contrast between what Donitz wrote after the war and what the British experienced during the war. But there is not. Its almost as if both sources have been edited so they agree on most things, with the exception being that Donitz did not know about ULTRA or some of the radar systems. So I am docking one star for objectivity and somewhat overzealous editing/interpretation/paraphrasing by the author.

Am also not sure this book would appeal to anyone other than a specialist. The author has fallen somewhat short of the mark while attempting to amalgamate his sources. I cannot tell if Donitz has been paraphrased but it appears that is the case. The British accounts seem to be written in both past and present tense, so I cannot tell if the author has edited them or not. The author does inject some commentary and correct mistakes, but not on a regular basis.

Finally, either the editors or the author failed to do a good job proofreading. We find "but" replaced by "hut" and "and" replaced by "arid" plus other examples.

In summary, this book reads like it started off as one thing but the publishers told the author it wouldn't sell so he added some more material to it plus some commentary. The British antisubmarine reports that comprise the core of the narrative, however, are well worth acquiring. Only for the specialist - which is not the case for some of his other books as I bought this one based on earlier acquisitions of works by the same author.

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Sue

which was a good thing from a historical perspective

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2015

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The book combined admiralty reports a well as Donitz's exerts from memoirs that were written without Donitz have benefits of enigma decrypts. which was a good thing from a historical perspective. Enigma information was not available publicly until after a number of prominent WW2 figures had passed. Much of the enigma information had to wait for the mid to late 1970s. The combination of Donitz analysis with admiralty reports gives a picture of 'what did they know and when did they know it. The book is useful for those interested in the U-boat war and the role of enigma decrypts in defeating the U-boats.

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VP105074 Teng Siew Lee

This book reads like a corroborative report between Donitz memoir and British admiralty ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016

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This book reads like a corroborative report between Donitz memoir and British admiralty report. Maybe it would be more interesting if I had read Donitz "Ten Years and Twenty Days" beforehand. The admiralty report seems just to confirm what Donitz had written in his book without much refute. Quite a boring for me but the last chapter is interesting though.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2015

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The comparative between Donuts and British sources were very interesting. It helped lay out the phases of the war well.

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Von Steuben

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interesting and educationial

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Toofanifan

Great to read on Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2015

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A compelling introduction to the U-boat Vs Convoy War.Great to read on Kindle.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2014

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GOOD BACKGROUND RESEARCH

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edward

the war under the sea

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2014

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I found this book a great help and the author@s notes and comments extremely helpful much more so in comparion to many others writing on the same subject

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GranddadH

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2014

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The book is lacking a good editor. It did not seem to be the revelatory text was promised in the blurb.

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