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U-Boat 977. Preface by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat.
by SCHAEFFER, HEINZ:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Wiliam Kimber. 1952 3rd ed.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Plan of U-boat to front endpapers. Map to rear endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (d/w. Pice missing from top of spine and back. Corners slightly rubbed with small tear. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Slight fading to top end of spine. Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 207 pp. With b/w photographs. The war experiences of the German U-Boat commander who, after the surrender, got his ship to Argentina, creating the rumour that he had taken Hitler there. The author describes the armaments of U-Boats and the strategies used to sink enemy ships, as well as those used to hide and stalk.
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Title
- U-Boat 977. Preface by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat.
- Author
- SCHAEFFER, HEINZ:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Wiliam Kimber. 1952 3rd ed.
- Keywords
- Military Subjects::Naval History heinz schaeffer, U-Boat 977, commander, argentina, armaments, strategy, third, illustrated, dustwrapper,
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