This is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, the vessel had spent a remarkable sixty-six days submerged. When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and those who found Heinz Schaeffer's account a revealing picture of the German Navy's training and methods. The author depicts the grueling aspects of a submariner's life ...
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This is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, the vessel had spent a remarkable sixty-six days submerged. When it was first published in 1953, opinions were sharply divided between those who deplored the apparent extolling of a vicious form of warfare, and those who found Heinz Schaeffer's account a revealing picture of the German Navy's training and methods. The author depicts the grueling aspects of a submariner's life. In the final months of the war, Schaeffer and his crew came under constant attacks from Allied aircraft and surface ships.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Full bound black Cloth, 213 pages, illustrated w b&w photographs. Dustjacket now in mylar cover. "This is the story of U-977, the German submarine that escaped to Argentina at the end of World War II. Before surfacing near the west coast of Africa, the vessel had spent a remarkable sixty-six days submerged."-From BookFinder Synopsis.
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New in New jacket. 9.5 x 1.1 x 6.5 inches. pp. 224. New. Pristine, unmarked. 28 pages of illustrations, 13 maps, 3 figures. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.