U-Boats Westward!
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 247, [1] pages. Appendix. This work has 34 illustrations and 3 maps. DJ has wear, soiling, tears, and chips. DJ is price clipped. Front board weakened and has been reglued. Ernst Hashagen describes in this book his experiences as a submarine commander from 1915 to 1918 in the North Sea and the Irish Sea. The result is an enthralling work on the horrors of war and at the same time the fascination of the then new technology. With the U62 he sank several ships, such as the Ausonia and the Storstad. At the end of the war, he had to hand over his ship in Harwich to the English also this a depressing experience. The book by Hashagen established the long tradition of submarine literature in and after World War II. SM U-62 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-62 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. On 8 March 1917, SM U-62 sank the coal freighter Storstad, the ship that had rammed and sunk the RMS Empress of Ireland ocean liner in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. On 7 August 1918, she torpedoed the French armored cruiser Dupetit-Thouars, which sank with the loss of 13 of her crew. Condition: Good / Fair.
Keywords: U-Boat, Submarine, U-62, Torpedo, Diving, Mine Warfare, Camouflage, Net Barrage, Convoy, Naval Operations, Dover-Calais, Storstad, RMS Empress, Dupetit-Thouars Ausonia
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