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Wolf

By Vause, Jordan
1997, United States Naval Inst.
ISBN 1557508747

Descripton: "A balanced examination of the image of a U-Boat skipper. Whilst it may be criticised by some, this book is a valuable contribution to the published works of the U-Bootwaffe. Its value lies in the fact that the differing views of several living U-Boat officers, are discussed, not merely comments from those no longer able to respond."

Includes larger sections on Jürgen Oesten, Wolfgang Lüth, Victor Oehrn, Erich Topp, Karl-Friedrich Merten, Herbert Werner, and Karl Dönitz. Günther Prien, Joachim Schepke, and Otto Kretschmer are mentioned briefly, as are Oskar Kusch and Horst Bredow of the U-boot-Archiv.

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From the uboat.net review: Although the title of this book calls up an image commonly applied to U-boat commanders, the author's purpose is to show that this image, in common with all other images associated with the U-boat man, does not stand up to close scrutiny. His goal i ...
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The following pages link to this title
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Erich Topp
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Günther Prien
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Herbert A. Werner
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Joachim Schepke
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Jürgen Oesten
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Karl-Friedrich Merten
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Oskar-Heinz Kusch
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Otto Kretschmer
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Victor Oehrn
U-boat Commanders of WWII. Wolfgang Lüth

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