U-Boats: The Illustrated History of the Raiders of the Deep

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Summary: An excellent volume on the subject....
Review: As its inside cover states, this oversized book is full of maps, technical drawings, tables, rare photos, and stories. So you see its more than just an informative factual textbook, it is also an easy to enjoy coffee table book, nicely bound on good paper (Brasseys Hardback ISBN: 1574882465).

One large table over many pages lists very nearly every U-Boat number and its type, builder, commisioned date, and its ultimate eding: fate, date, final captain, place, means, dead, and saved, e.g.

U-1229; Type IXC/40; built by Duetche; commisioned January 13,1944; Sunk; on August 20, 1944; Captained by Zinke, A; at SE of Newfoundland; by USN aircfaft: VC-42 (Bogue); 18 dead; ? # Saved.

More text than anything else, but also there's always some sort of graphics on every page, well maybe not at the index :)

If you need only one volume on U-Boats this might be the very best choice.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I collect and read books on U-Boats, and this illustrated history is an excellent addition to my library. A must for those who are World War II buffs!

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Summary: An interesting book on U-Boats
Review: It's a nice book for those who are interested on German U-boats.
It also contain a brief introduction on Enigma (the German encryption machine).
Unfortunately it does not contain some engineering drawings such as those in Roessler books.But though useful.
Its historical coverage of german U-boats is also useful.
As a researcher on German U-boats ,I'd be glad to have other readers,writers comments on U-Boat articles.
Regards/mit freundlichem Gruess
M.Ranjbar ( [e-mail]

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Summary: Another comprehensive history on U-boats
Review: Many Books on subjects like U-boats go in and out of print and are sometimes even collectors items! If this book ever goes out of print (which I hope it wont) it will be in the same category as U-boats under the Swatstika by j.p. Mallmann Showell, and U-boat War by Luthar Gunther Buchheim. This is a wonderful book for anyone that loves U-boats and their operations and likewise for the person who just 'thinks' they are interested! So if you think you have a little interest in U-boats get this book!

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Summary: A Fantastic Work for Anybody Interested in U-Boats or WWII
Review: This book really surprised me. I actually bought it on in impulse with a gift certificate I had received for my birthday. I had seen "Das Boot" and "U-571" and since my interested was peaked by these movies, I thought I should buy a book about U-Boats to get the full story of their role in WWI and WWII.

This book did not disappoint! It is simply incredible considering how much information is between the covers as well as how many striking photographs are contained in this book. One could almost consider it an Encyclopedia on U-Boats. This book describes the full history of Deutschlands Unterseeboot Programe as well as a detailed history and explination of each type of boat. It also has a table listing every U-Boat made and a brief history about each ship. This book also does a fantastic job explaining the role of these vessels in WWII (and to a lesser extent, WWI). I can imagine with "U-571" in theaters and "Das Boot" on DVD, U-Boat interest has increased. I would suggest to anybody interested in U-Boats because of these movies or for any other reason to look no futher. "U-Boats : The Illustrated History of the Raiders of the Deep" is probably the best book presently available on this subject.