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Hirschfeld : the story of a U-boat NCO, 1940-1946 by as told to Geoffrey Brooks by Wolfgang Hirschfeld is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 a 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 chapters describe his experiences during six war patrols in U-109, in which he served as the senior telegraphist. His is a tale which covers the whole kaleidescope 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 humour, 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 Knight's 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 dedicate

Author

as told to Geoffrey Brooks by Wolfgang Hirschfeld

Publisher

Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780752811161

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir