La odisea de los U-boot contada por uno de los pocos comandantes que sobrevivió hasta el final. La Batalla del Atlántico fue una de las más salvajes, más intensamente disputada y con el más profundo significado estratégico. A su término, el fondo del océano quedó sembrado con sus víctimas: miles de barcos mercantes aliados y cientos de navíos de guerra que sucumbieron ante el sorpresivo impacto de los torpedos disparados desde los submarinos alemanes. Prácticamente todos los submarinos alemanes, con sus tripulantes, perecieron el esta batalla y sus restos descansan para siempre en el lecho oceánico.

Some incredible stories here. Sometimes fiction movies cram years of incidents into the course of perhaps a single day. This book gave me that same feeling—but it is true! How could one person survive all of this? The author's resolute claims of being apolitical, as he fights for the Nazis, strike me as suspicious, and perhaps I should be equally suspicious of the rest of the book. But it feels real, generally. The book loses some momentum in the second half. ( )

Simply brilliant.

If you think Bomber Command had it tough, the author's accounts of his U-Boat crews trying to survive after May 43 will make you pause.

Required reading for anyone with an interest in WWII, courage or leadership. ( )

Very good story of WWII German U-Boat action told by a former German Navy captain. Interesting to me as I've read several WWII accounts, but this is the first one I've read from the German perspective. A long read, but it is thorough and complete with appendices and a glossary of naval terms. Highly recommended. ( )