Iron Coffins
A U-boat Commander's War, 1939-45
$40.16
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 December 1999
Summary
This is a story of triumph, disaster and eventual survival against all odds. Herbert Werner was one of the few U-boat commanders whose skill, daring and incredible luck saw him safely through to the end of the war. His is an epic and chilling description of the fearful havoc wrought by one small U-boat on the Atlantic convoys. But easy success ebbed away in the face of ever-improving Allied detection and attack techniques. The hunters became the prey, to suffer appalling losses. Of 842 U-boat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780304353309 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0304353302 |
| Author: | Herbert Werner |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Cassell Military |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 1999 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Cassell Military Paperbacks |
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About The Author
Herbert Werner
Herbert A. Werner was born in 1920. He joined the German Navy in 1939, and the U-boats in 1941, taking up his first command in 1943. He survived the war, was interned by the Americans, British and French, eventually to become an American citizen in 1957.
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