The Hunters And The Hunted

Nonfiction, History, Germany, European General, Military, United States

• Author: Jochen Brennecke
• ISBN: 9781786258151
• Publisher: Lucknow Books
• Publication: January 18, 2016
• Imprint: Lucknow Books
• Language: English

Hitler’s U-Boats—German submarine aces tell their own stories of war and death under the sea.

THEY LIVE WITH DEATH

The silent death they deal to the ships above them...and the dark death that waits for them in the depths of the sea.

These authentic reports by the top U-Boat commanders of World War II tell the vivid story of the terrors and triumphs of the war under the waves—its heroics and horrors, and the final defeat of Germany’s most effective war arm.

THE HUNTERS

“Fire one!”—and a torpedo’s wake points a white finger of death at an Allied warship. The U-boats prowl the seas, hunting victims and striking with the merciless, lethal speed of a cobra...but the hunters are also

THE HUNTED

“Dive!”—and the sub plummets downward, rocked by the crash of depth charges...or surfaces to meet a hell of shellfire and bombs!

Here is the full story of the men and weapons that almost won the war for Hitler—first-hand stories of undersea action by the U-boat aces themselves.