U-Boat Adventures: Firsthand Accounts from World War II

by Melanie Wiggins

Book Overview

Twenty-two U-boat veterans tell their chilling stories in this collection of their combat experiences in World War II, recorded by the author during several years of travel throughout Germany. It is one of very few books to examine the lives of the enlisted crew in the infamous submarines. Melanie Wiggins interviewed seventeen men and five of their commanders to take readers into the terrifying world of underwater warfare where every man helped determine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591149584
• ISBN13: 9781591149583
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"