U-Boote crews : 1939-1945 : the day-to-day life aboard Hitler's submarines

U-Boote Crews

The day-to-day life aboard Hitler's submarines

We thought we knew everything there was to know about Dönitz's 'Grey Wolves'. It is true that many books have been written about the campaigns and characteristics of the different types of U-Boote. But what did we really know about their crews ? Not very much in fact. This has now been corrected with this new book, which gives for the first time, an insider's view of the different stages of the tough training the men were put through, the tactical principles specific to this arm, the gradual decrease in the quality of this training and the esprit de corps. It also looks at the extremely close relationship between the commanders and their men, united by the same community of destiny with each man holding the destiny of all in his hands, their perogatives and freedom of expression and action, unique within the Reich at war which gave them a special status, the constraints of life on board in an enclosed and confined space which was always damp and polluted, the different posts and the role of each man on board and the risks undertaken...