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Grey Wolves : The U-Boat War 1939?1945 by Philip Kaplan (2014, Hardcover)

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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101628737271

ISBN-139781628737271

eBay Product ID (ePID)171666762

Product Key Features

Book TitleGrey Wolves : the U-Boat War 1939?1945

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / Germany, Military / Pictorial

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorPhilip Kaplan

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-015207

SynopsisIn the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting Britain's transatlantic lifeline. To the Allies, these enemy sailors were embarking on a mission of unequivocal evil. Each member of the Ubootwaffe understood that he must take pride in being part of a unique brotherhood. He had to do so because he was setting out--in claustrophobic, unsanitary, stench-filled, and ultimately hellish conditions--on a journey that would test his mental and physical endurance to the very limits, and which he had little chance of surviving. Those that did return soon ceased to take comfort in friends or family, dwelling only on the knowledge that another patrol awaited them. By the end of the war, of the 39,000 men who went to sea in the U-boats, 27,491 died in action and a further 5,000 were made prisoners of war. Of the 863 U-boats that sailed on operational patrols, 754 were lost. Grey Wolves captures life on board a U-boat, in text, letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, prose, and poetry, relaying tales of the mundane and the routine, dramatic and heroic; the fear and resilience of every crew member, from Kapitainleutnant to Mechaniker. It is a vivid, brutally realistic portrait of the men who fought and died beneath the surface of the Atlantic in what was, perhaps, the most critical battle of the war. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

LC Classification NumberD781.K36 2014