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German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee

By Luc Braeuer

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German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee

By Luc Braeuer

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Few commanders symbolize the evolution of the German U-boat arm during the Second World War as does Adalbert "Adi" Schnee. In 1940, Schnee successively commanded three Type II U-boats--U-6, U-60 and U-121-- in which he registered his first successes in the Atlantic. From the beginning of 1941, he was appointed commander of U-201, the first Type VIIC U-boat allotted to I Flotilla. During seven patrols with this U-Boot, which would take him to the coasts of America and Africa, he would receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. With 15 ships sunk in convoys in the mid-Atlantic, he became the specialist in this form of attack. Commanding U-2511 in May 1945, he alone carried out an actual combat mission in the Type XXI U-boat. With the aid of logbooks and the recent discovery of a considerable collection of images from a war correspondent on one of U-201's missions, this book examines Schnee's incredible combat career.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
2015-05-28
Publication Date:
2015-07-30
Publisher:
Schiffer Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
076434823X
ISBN13:
9780764348235
Weight:
1016 g
Height:
235 cm
Width:
312 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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