The official U-boat commanders handbook

✍ Scribed by Germany. Kriegsmarine.;Carruthers, Bob

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Edition: Illustrated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat reports and was regularly updated throughout the war. The handbook was an invaluable reference for every operational U-boat commander. Simply written and highly accessible for a wider audience, the U-boat handbook attempted to anticipate every possible situation and to advise on suitable tactics. This superb war-time primary source is enhanced by a rare series of photographs taken on an actual combat patrol and published during the time of the Third Reich in the book U-Boot Auf Feindfahrt. Together the handbook and these rare photographs provide a fascinating glimpse into the world of the U-boats from a first hand perspective, and is essential reading for anyone interested in World War II from primary sources.

✦ Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German;World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine;Military operations, Naval--German;Military operations, Naval--Submarine;Sources;Germany. -- Kriegsmarine;World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Sources;World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German -- Sources;Military operations, Naval -- German;Military operations, Naval -- Submarine