Publisher Description

No other publication on this subject comes even close to including the amount of detail provided in this book. An introduction both summarises previous works on the subject and describes the difficulties of obtaining and verifying information from either the Germans or the Allies on U-boat losses. The main part of the book lists by hull number each U-boat's date of commissioning, its commanding officer, and the date and port of departure for its last patrol. It also gives the date, position, and cause of loss of each submarine, with complete details on Allied units involved in the sinking, the names and ranks of their commanding officers and pilots, and the number of crew killed or rescued. An appendix neatly summarises data on the disposition of surviving U-boats at the end of the war and provides valuable statistical data on German U-boat losses. AUTHOR: Dr Axel Niestle has been a private researcher of Second World War military history, especially the Battle of the Atlantic, for more than thirty years. Among his numerous publications on the subject are illustrated technical monographs on Type VIIC and Type IXC U-boats.

Author Biography

The leading German naval historian DR AXEL NIESTL has researched and studied Second World War military history, especially the events of the Battle of the Atlantic, for nearly forty years. Among his numerous publications on the subject are illustrated technical monographs on the Type VIIC and Type IXC U-boats.

Review

"...a greatly expanded revision of the author's original 1998 work on the subject. Niestlé uses recently declassified documents and other newly found information, including examinations of actual wrecks, to correct the occasional errors in the original, some based on incorrect official information, and add details of many additional sinkings, so that the fate of only 63 U-boats remains unknown. Although his textual treatment is short, Niestlé manages to make a number of important points, perhaps most notably that more detailed research has revealed that mines were far more effective in sinking submarines than had been believed. Information on sinkings is in tabular form, supplemented by notes which are often quite informative. This is a work that is primarily for the serious student of naval operations, and particularly submarine warfare."-- "StrategyPage"

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"...a greatly expanded revision of the author's original 1998 work on the subject. Niestl

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Written by a renowned expert on the subject, this book details the fate of every German U-boat lost in the Second World War

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