Free Ebook Download U-Boat Combat Missions

Free Ebook Download U-Boat Combat Missions

Foreward:

This book is not about the war, but about the people who were imprisoned by it. They were imprisoned
in "Iron Coffins" by their deep-seated conviction to do their duty for their country.

A few of these ordinary men became international heroes, but the majority remained in obscurity; living,
working, and fighting under the most torturous conditions humanity has ever devised.

The people in this book are not described in the hyberbolic language of some historians but in their own
words-many of them spoke in a foreign language. Yet, despite their struggling with the awkwardness of
unfamiliar words, these individuals have provided a far more pertinent and more deeply horrifying picture
than any of the meaningless stone epitaphs which litter much of Europe.

For every U-boat man who survived, there were three more who could no longer speak for themselves
because they were swallowed by the watery graves of World War 2. So, it is important that the few who
remain tell following generations how pitifully people were treated by war.

Konteradmiral Eberhard Godt, Chief of the U-boat Arm's Operations Department, once said, "With some things
I do not know whether I remember them, whether I dreamed about it, whether my imagination played a role or
 whether someone told me." This problem has hardly been recognized by modern gatherers of history, and the
media bombards us with an incredible volume of self-fabricated stories. No one, not even this book, is immune
from such duplicity. But naval history stands out because both sides kept diaries at the time when events took
place, and therefore it is possible to check statements made by sailors. When one does this, one comes to the
astounding conclusion that the voices recorded in this book are not speaking for themselves, but for all soldiers,
of all nations, of all times.

Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Folkestone, England, January 2007.

Contents:
Part 1:

History and Development.
Preparing for a War Patrol.

Part 2: The Crew

Torpedo Room and Forward Quarters.
Warrant and Commissioned Officer's Quarters.
The Galley.
Wireless Station, Listening Room, and Captain's Quarters.
Control Room and Bridge.
Diesel Engine and Electric Motor Rooms.
Stern Torpedo Room.

Part 3:

Rest and Recreation.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Picture credits.
Acknowledgments.

Download:

Uppit: Free Ebook Download U-Boat Combat Missions

Jumbofiles: Ebook Download U-Boat Combat Missions

Mediafire: Free Ebook U-Boat Combat Missions

Rapidgator: Free Ebook Download U-Boat Combat Missions