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Night Raider of the Atlantic
Well read, not marked.
- GenresHistoryWorld War II
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First published September 12, 1977
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Terence Robertson
46 books3 followersAn officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, Terence Robertson worked as the news editor of the Sunday newspaper Reynolds News from 1949 until 1959, after which he moved to Canada to join the editorial staff of The Hamilton Spectator.
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September 1, 2009
Kriegsmarine U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer and most of his crew survived the war perhaps in large part, statistically at least, because their boat was sunk during the ironically named Happy Times.
The years 1940-1941, before the Allies effectively countered U-boat attacks, was happy for U-boat crews because of the easy hunting they enjoyed.
The irony of the name is in the fact that this period would be more aptly named the tragic times for the many Allied merchant sailors who were lost in the Battle of the Atlantic, and their families and friends.
All war is of course, tragic. Had he continued on, odds were that Kretschmer would have ended like Doenitz' other young U-boat prodigies, the charismatic Schepke, or the zealous Prien, both lost at sea.
As fate would have it, he survived to tell this interesting history of the invention of U-boat surface attacks, the culture of the force, and his amusing exploits in prisoner of war camps after his war ended.
This is a light, useful, one to three afternoons' read for history afficionados.
The years 1940-1941, before the Allies effectively countered U-boat attacks, was happy for U-boat crews because of the easy hunting they enjoyed.
The irony of the name is in the fact that this period would be more aptly named the tragic times for the many Allied merchant sailors who were lost in the Battle of the Atlantic, and their families and friends.
All war is of course, tragic. Had he continued on, odds were that Kretschmer would have ended like Doenitz' other young U-boat prodigies, the charismatic Schepke, or the zealous Prien, both lost at sea.
As fate would have it, he survived to tell this interesting history of the invention of U-boat surface attacks, the culture of the force, and his amusing exploits in prisoner of war camps after his war ended.
This is a light, useful, one to three afternoons' read for history afficionados.
September 24, 2019
Wasn't sure of my expectations. Enjoyable romp through his wartime career, written when still alive with his agreement.
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