Steel boat, iron hearts

a U-boat crewman's life aboard U-505

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Hans Jacob Goebeler: Steel boat, iron hearts (2005, Savas Beatie)

258 pages

English language

Published Dec. 29, 2005 by Savas Beatie.

ISBN:
978-1-932714-07-4
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Very interesting and detailed history of one U-boat during WWII. I didn't know dockyard sabotage was this effective!

Hans kept an accurate list of what happened and what was sunk during the war, along with which failures happened to both boat and crew. His details about working under three different skippers were first rate. I would have appreciated more about his working with the boat in the Chicago museum.

Subjects

  • Goebeler, Hans Jacob, -- 1923-1999
  • Germany. -- Kriegsmarine -- Biography
  • U-505 (Submarine)
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
  • Sailors -- Germany -- Biography