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Cargando... Hirschfeld: The Secret Diary of a U-Boatpor Wolfgang Hirschfeld, Geoffrey Brooks
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A very interesting book, based on a diary of a U-Boat telegraphist who served principally on the U-109, before serving on a somewhat mysterious voyage on another submarine in the spring of 1945. The author appears to have been born under a lucky star, in that because of assorted mishaps, he managed to avoid being on a number of vessels that were later sunk. One gets an interesting impression about life on board a U-Boat from these diaries. There were two items that I didn't like; one was a bit of hide-the-ball regarding the final voyage, and what, precisely, was in the cargo. This section was not well-written. It was also not clear from the book where one commander resigned his post in mid-ocean; this was "advertised" in the book, but not made very clear. Otherwise, an interesting read. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Whilst there have been many memoirs written by U-boat commanders of the Second World War, a book such as this, based upon the diaries of senior Petty Officer telegraphist, written in 'real time' is something very special. Wolfgang Hirschfeld, whose diaries Geoffrey Brooks has translated is a born story teller. The principal characters describe his experiences during six wars patrols in U-109, in which he served as the senior telegraphist. His is a tale which covers the whole kaleidoscope of emotions shared by men at war - a story of immense courage and fortitude, of remarkable comradeship born of the dangers, frustrations and privations shared and of transitory moments of triumph. Throughout runs a vein of humor, without which resistance to stress would have been virtually impossible. We get to know one of Germany's great U-boat aces, 'Ajax' Bleichrodt, holder of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, and in a special biographical appendix. learn how he finally cracked under the strain. The role of Admiral Karl Donitz, the dynamic commander of the U-boat service, so fascinatingly described by Hirschfeld, is of special interest - not least because even this dedicated Nazi had clearly realized by September, 1942, that the war was fast being lost. In 1944 Hirschfeld was promoted Warrant Officer and found himself on a large, schnorkel-equipped boat (U-234) heading for Japan with a load of high technology equipment and, in addition, a quantity of uranium one. The possible significance of that uranium has been deeply researched by Geoffrey Brooks and is discussed in a second appendix. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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