Dasboot smash
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The author doesn't give names to most of the crew. A reader can actually feel dripping of condensation from the ceiling of the boat, smell of machine oil in the engine room, hear explosions of depth charges during attacks. However, it creates a certain atmosphere. Some readers can find the book a bit too long and monotonous, with the author's endless descriptions of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean weather(the stormy sea, the calm sea, the sea at dawn, etc.) and wordy explanations on how the different compartments of the vessel operate, etc.
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The author takes his reader through all circles of hell-from an endless storming the Atlantic and pointless "frigging around" which almost destroyed the crew's spirit to the two attacks and the crazily dangerous voyage through Gibraltar which almost smashed the U-boat. This book is more than just a historical drama. Written by a survivor of the U-boat fleet, the book is a fictionalised memoir of Lieutenant Werner (Lothar-Günther Buchheim)who was assigned as a war correspondent to U-96 during her last patrol in the North Atlantic. It helped me to understand better not only how U-boats operated and why during the war they became the Allies' worst nightmare, but also gave me great insights into the life of a crew onboard German U-boat. I wanted to read this book, researching for my writing project.