U-Boat Far From Home

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Alen And Unwin
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: First Edition

Description: 282 pages. Ex-Library with usual markings. Book is in Fair condition, there is some general wear, but still presentable. The Epic Voyage Of U 862 To Australia And New Zealand

Publishers Description: The most comprehensive account of Germanys plans for an underwater offensive against the southern continent in World War II.In late 1944, with its U-boats defeated in the Atlantic, the German navy sought new areas in which to deploy - distant waters where defences might be weaker and successes easier to achieve. Australia was one such location. U-Boat Far From Home reveals for the first time the full extent of the German plan for an underwater offensive against the southern continent. In an account that is both entertaining and enlightening, David Stevens describes the operations strategic rationale, its practical implementation and how the Australians and their allies responded. Of all the U-boats allocated to the mission, U 862 was the only one that managed to survive.But this story is more than pure operational history. U-Boat Far From Home takes the reader into the confined and dangerous world of a submarine at war. David Stevens examines the stresses and motivations of a young crew who for months at a time maintained a twilight existence, and whose fate ultimately depended on the ability of just one man, their captain, Heinrich Timm.Painstakingly researched in archives around the world and illuminated with many personal accounts form both sides, U-Boat Far From Home is perhaps the most comprehensive accoutn of a U-boats life ever published in English.

ISBN: 9781864482676