Neither Sharks nor Wolves
Timothy Patrick Mulligan
Found in: Modern Naval
All Chatham Books
Hardback 355 pages
ISBN: 9781861761194
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The Men of Germany's U-boat Arm, 1939-45
Timothy Patrick Mulligan
Found in: Modern Naval
All Chatham Books
Hardback 355 pages
ISBN: 9781861761194
Published: 1 July 2003
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Narratives of convoy battles, technical treatments of U-boat types and even the memoirs of 'aces' have shed little light on the reality of routine, grime and terror experienced by the average U-boat crewman. This book explains what it was like to serve in a U-boat service itself. In researching the details of the men and officers who manned the U-boats the author has been able to discover where they came from, what occupations they held, their career-tracks in naval service, and the associated functions they performed on board. As a result new answers have been found to a number of questions which have never been systematically addressed. How many men served on U-boats? Were they all volunteers? Did morale truly remain high throughout the conflict? Did the U-boat force gradually deteriorate into a 'children's crusade'? What was the true relationship between the naval service and National Socialism? Based on questionnaires returned from over 1000 veterans, and sources at the U-Boot-Archiv in Cuxhaven, this book gives an account of what service in the U-boat arm was really like.
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