Silent Hunters : German U-boat Commanders of World War II

247 Pages·2013·4.49 MB·English

by  Savas

© 1997, 2013, by Theodore P. Savas
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Silent Hunters: German U-Boat commanders of World War II, Theodore P. Savas, ed.
Originally published: Campbell, California (Savas Publishing, 1997).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Digital First Edition
eISBN-13: 978-1-940669-00-7

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Table of Contents Original Editor’s Preface
Theodore P. Savas
New Editor’s Preface
Theodore P. Savas
Introduction
Eric C. Rust
In Memoriam Engelbert Endrass: Castor Mourns Pollox
Erich Topp
Karl-Friedrich Merten and the Prussian Tradition
Timothy P. Mulligan
Ralph Kapitsky: Battle in the Caribbean and the Death of U-615
Gaylord T. M. Kelshall Fritz Guggenberger: Bavarian U-Boat Ace
Eric C. Rust
Victor Oehrn: The Ace With No Name
Jordan Vause
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck: Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair
Dwight R. Messimer
Notes
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Bonus Material
Editor’s Preface
from Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic
Illustrations
Engelbert Endrass and Erich Topp
Erich Topp, Engelbert Endrass and friends at a Paris nightclub
Engelbert Endrass and guests in his French villa
Karl-Friedrich Merten
KL Karl-Friedrich Merten aboard the Schleswig-Holstein
Ultra intercept of a German radio signal from U-111
Merten’s chart for the sinking of the Darkdale
Merten’s chart for the sinking of the Bradford City
Ultra intercept of Admiral Dönitz’s signal to Merten
Merten on the bridge of U-68
Midshipman Ralph Kapitsky
Ralph Kapitsky and U-615’s officers
U-615 returning from her first patrol to the North Atlantic
Fritz Guggenberger relaxing after a patrol
U-28, on which Guggenberger sewed as a watch officer
U-81’s hit on the British carrier Ark Royal
Crewmen of U-8 1 celebrate the sinking of Ark Royal
Adolf Hitler bestows the Oak Leaves cluster upon Guggenberger
Guggenberger and his Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves
U-516 on patrol
Victor Oehrn returning from his first patrol
Grand Admiral Karl Donitz
Victor Oehrn in January 1944, after his release from British captivity
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck while a cadet with Crew 34
The commissioning of U-852, June 15, 1943
U-852 beached on the East African coast