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Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards. At the outset of the Second World War, Admiral Karl Doenitz argued for a 300-strong U-boat fleet, since his force of fifty-seven assorted U-boats could not materially affect British seaborne trade on their own. In August 1939, _U-48_ left Germany, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Herbert 'Vaddi' Schultze, to take up a waiting position around the British coast. It scored its first success on 5 September, when it torpedoed the British freighter _Royal Sceptre_, followed by _Winkleigh_ on 8 September. On both occasions, the first of many, Schultze showed himself to be a notable humanitarian: he addressed signals to Churchill giving positions of the sinkings so that crews could be saved. By 1 August 1941, _U-48_, the most successful U-boat of the Second World War, had sunk fifty-six merchant ships, of 322,478 gross tons, and one corvette. She was then transferred to the Baltic as a training boat. Schultze became commander of operations at 3 U-Flotilla, before being appointed commander of II/Naval College Schleswig. He died in 1987 at the age of 78\. _U-48_ was scuttled on 3 May 1945.

About the Author :
Born in Dortmund in 1923, FRANK KUROWSKI initially trained as a turner. Called up in 1942, he fought with the Afrika Korps as a Luftwaffe paratrooper. He has been a freelance journalist since 1958 and is the author of more than 100 books on the history of the Second World War, including the acclaimed series _Panzer Aces: German Tank Commanders in World War II_.

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"Viewing German U-Boat activity in the early days of the Second World War through the periscope of a single submarine allows Kurowski to introduce new students to the subject, and still provide something new for more experienced readers."-- "The Northern Mariner" "The book gives readers a detailed description of how the commanders of U-48 proved incredibly successful by sinking or damaging fifty-seven vessels (322,500 total gross tonnage) in two years."-- "Naval Historical Foundation"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781399014311
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Frontline Books
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • ISBN-10: 1399014315
  • Publisher Date: 21 Sep 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 156 mm


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