U-boats Under The Swastika By J.P Mallmann Showell

U-boats Under The Swastika By J.P Mallmann Showell

Hardcover

ISBN 0711003793

Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd 1973

Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some limited signs of wear and tear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

Inside you will find many interesting photographs and stories. There is also a chapter dealing only with the crews, and their uniforms. Mr. Mallmann has also included some never before published information including a letter from Lehmann Willenbrock to his mother telling of the loss of U-377, his fathers boat. But this is truly a fascinating book.  All types and classes of boats are examined, their faults and foibles, commanders, home ports, bunkers, successes and sticky ends. The book is rich in photographs, cutaway diagrams and drawings from official sources as well as the author's own collection. It is a very readable book and even amusing at times (he goes into the problems of using a toilet on a U-boat that is stuffed full of supplies at the start of the tour). This is a book for the general reader as well as persons interested in the history of WWII.