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Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II
 
 
Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II (Paperback)
by Edward L. Beach (Foreword), Herbert A. Werner (Author) "ENSIGNS," the Admiral began, " you have been called together to receive your first important assignments ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 388 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition (30 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0306808420
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306808425
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 989,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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-boats launched 779 were sunk, 'iron-coffins' to 28,000 men. Herbert Werner's graphic account of war waged from beneath the sea, of horror and cold, cruel death, is dedicated to the seamen of all nations who died in the Battle of the Atlantic. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most savage and strategically significant campaigns of World War II: 28,000 out of 39,000 men in the German U-boat force disappeared beneath the waves. Herbert A. Werner, one of the few surviving German U-boat commanders, served on five submarines from 1941 to 1945. From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, from the English Channel to the North Sea, he takes the reader with him through the triumphant years of 1941 and 1942, when German U-boats nearly strangled England, to the apocalyptic final years of destruction, disillusionment, and defeat.

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