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This review is based on the edition published in England in 1990. This was not meant to be such a book.įor anyone interested in the U-boat war this is one on the must have list. And that is just the point as I see it, this is an excellent personal account of this officer but not a serious research-book to base further work on. Rohwer once wrote in January 1970 in the „Schaltung Kueste“ the official journal of the VdU (Union of the U-boatmen) „If one were to pencil in with red all the factual mistakes in this book it would look like a bloodbath“. After the war rumor has it that he made his fortune and now lives in Florida, USA. Werner then managed to escape back to Germany. Werner surrendered to the British in Norway and was then given to the French authorities which treated its prisoners at that camp badly to say the least.

Both being unsuccessful as there simply were not enough of those around.

Interesting is his battle to get the latest equipment such as Schnorchels and radar detectors from shore. He then bitterly fought the last months of the war, barely managing to survive. Werner did not get his own U-boat until the spring of 1944 when the war was lost and 6 out of 7 U-boat that embarked on patrols did not return, most being lost with all hands. It then covers his first years as a low ranking officer on 2 boats during the Battle of the Atlantic’s climax. Werner covers the beginning of the war and the glamour that shone on the U-boats and his desire to join them. This is a very personal and touching book, the author lost most of his family in allied air raid on his hometown.

The author was commander of 2 U-boats (U-415 and U-953) and spent most of the war at sea surviving longer than most of his less fortunate comrades. This is one of the very best personal accounts of the U-boat war of World War Two.