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U-Boat Killer

by - Macintyre, Donald
2000, Cassell Academic
ISBN 0304352357
179 pages, no photos

Descripton: U-boat action from the destroyer's point of view. Very interesting and well-written memoir by the commander of the HMS Walker, the British destroyer which sank U-99 and captured Otto Kretschmer. First published 1956.
- This book has been translated into other languages

From the uboat.net review: Macintyre's 1956 account, republished in 1999, is still a singular and immensely valuable book. He was an unusual author in both his choice of career, and the content and approach of his book. Ther ...
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