U-Boat 977

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 5th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. U-boat 977 is a terrible, heroic record from the other side of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is a tale of Allied ships sunk, of attack, of counterattack, and finally of defeat of the U-boats. It was written by one of the few desperate men who survived that defeat. Completely authentic, intensely dramatic, it is a personal record of Hitler's most insidious and effective military arm. It begins when the author was a young man starting his training for U-boat service, and carries through the sinkings of Allied ships and the miraculous escapes that brought him his fame. It tells of our growing anti-U-boat war and the horror of the coming of "the worst enemy" radar. And finally he recounts his last incredible dash across the Atlantic, with its stretch of 66 days under the sea, to surrender in the Argentine and face the charge that U-977 had been Hitler's escape ship. Here. also in words and between the lines, is a view of the Nazi military machine as seen by one of its human cogs - a moving, terrible, and valuable picture presented in terms of dramatic action. 148 pages. Some slight rubbing on top & bottom of spine. Browning on inside edges of covers. The book is in fantastic shape!.