Wolfpack

A Times and Waterstones Book of the Year

‘If you love the film Das Boot, this is the book for you, superbly evoking the courage and terror of life on a U-boat during the Second World War. Drawing on a vast range of archives and memoirs, Roger Moorhouse recounts the struggle for the seas from an unfamiliar German perspective. Above all, though, he brings back to life the ordinary men who served in such cramped and claustrophobic surroundings, breathless with tension as they heard the distant thump of Allied depth charges’

Dominic Sandbrook,The Times

‘Roger Moorhouse is becoming a major authority in his field. Wolfpack is a significant contribution and rightly places the U-boat campaign at the heart of Germany’s strategy during the Second World War. Compellingly written, he seamlessly blends fascinating technical detail with human experience – often profoundly moving – and authoritative strategic insight. Wolfpack is a superb work of history’

James Holland

‘A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history’

Dan Snow

‘In this impeccably researched and beautifully constructed book, Roger Moorhouse tells the thrilling but ultimately tragic story of Germany’s U-boats in the Second World War … This superb history tells the story from a new perspective’

Saul David

‘The ‘Allied Version of History’ tends to be repeated ad infinitum, and the search goes on for realistic interpretations of the Second World War. By writing an account of the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of German U-boatmen, Roger Moorhouse has done much to restore the emotional balance and to complete an inclusive picture. Very readable. Humane, comprehensive, well sourced and gripping’

Norman Davies

‘This is a book that, once read, will leave the reader with the impression that they didn’t really know anything about the U-Boat war at all, and that now they do’

Robert Lyman

Roger Moorhouse is a historian and author specialising in Nazi Germany, Poland and World War Two in Europe. After studying history at the School of Slavonic and East European History, London University, Roger graduated with an MA in 1994. Thereafter, he worked as researcher for Professor Norman Davies for many years, co-authoring with him the history of Wroclaw (Breslau) “Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City”, which was published in three languages in 2002.