UBoat Commander Author:Peter Cremer The war beneath the sea ... From the Strait of Gibraltar to the North Sea, from the British coast to the American eastern seaboard, the cramped and deadly U-boats of the German Navy torpedoed their way through the vulnerable underbellies of Allied ships. — Here is a vivid firsthand account. Peter Cremer relates his experiences as one of only thre... more »e senior U-boat commanders to survive the most brutal assignment in the German Navy. By the end of World War II, 781 of the 820 submarines that had fought in the Battle of the Atlantic were destroyed, taking more than 30,000 lives with them to the ocean floor. With graphic detail and riveting action, Untersee-Waffle pioneer Cremer brings to life the hardships -- and the successes -- of the submarine fleet that nearly destroyed the Allied forces in the Atlantic.
These horrifying statistics on the survival rate of the German wolf packs in World War II are at last given meaning. Cremer conveys the realities of the war as few writers can.« less