Grey Wolf: U-boat Crewman of World War II (Warrior)

Grey Wolf: U-boat Crewman of World War II (Warrior)

by Darko Pavlovic (Illustrator), Gordon Williamson (Author)

Synopsis

There have been few military formations in history which have elicited such mixed reactions as the U-Boat Waffe of Hitler's Kriegsmarine. Often seen by those seamen who suffered the predations of Grossadmiral Donitz's "Grey Wolfs" as some sort of sadistic monsters, the men of the U-boat arm in fact fought a war which saw a remarkable level of old-fashioned chivalry. This title takes us into the life of a typical World War II German navy U-boat crewman, serving on a type VIIc U-boat. It charts his recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences from 1939 to the war's end - and includes some surprising tales of how such sailors were deployed in the final days of the war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 17 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 1841763128
ISBN 13: 9781841763125

Author Bio
Gordon Williamson was born in 1957 and currently works for the Scottish Land Register. He spent seven years with the military Police TA and has published a number of books and articles on the decorations of the Third Reich and their winners. He is author of a number of World War 2 titles for Osprey, but has a special interest in the German naval forces, particularly the U-Boat fleet. Darko Pavlovic was born in 1959 and currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. An architect by profession, he started his career as a full-time illustrator several years ago, with a specialist interest in military subjects. He has already illustrated Men-at-Arms 282 Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941-45 and Elite 60 U-Boat Crews 1914-45. Darko has also written titles for the Osprey Men-at-Arms series on the Austrian cavalry of the 19th century.