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"The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded ""the Wolf of the Atlantic,"" for his exploits as one of the Kriegsmarine's finest U-boat commanders. In his dramatic wartime career he sank ship after ship, sowing terror among Allied convoys and dismay in those charged with their protection. Kretschmer was a daring officer who favored bringing his U-boat into the heart of the convoy and destroying it from within. Robertson draws upon first-hand accounts of the deadly game at sea to paint a masterly portrait of life in the U-boats and weaves in the fascinating story of Kretschmer's exploits. Kretschmer was eventually captured and became a prisoner of war in March 1941, spending the rest of the war in a POW camp in Canada, before his release in 1947."

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...A highly captivating and a fine biography of Germany's most successful U-boat commander during the Second World War...A fine chronicle of the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer...Highly accessible and a pleasure to read, for a general audience and historians alike. -- The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord

A highly captivating and a fine biography of Germany's most successful U-boat commander during the Second World War A fine chronicle of the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer Highly accessible and a pleasure to read, for a general audience and historians alike. -- The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord

A highly captivating and a fine biography of Germany s most successful U-boat commander during the Second World War A fine chronicle of the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer Highly accessible and a pleasure to read, for a general audience and historians alike. The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord

.. .A highly captivating and a fine biography of Germany's most successful U-boat commander during the Second World War...A fine chronicle of the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer...Highly accessible and a pleasure to read, for a general audience and historians alike. -- <i><b>The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord</i></b>

A highly captivating and a fine biography of Germany s most successful U-boat commander during the Second World War A fine chronicle of the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer Highly accessible and a pleasure to read, for a general audience and historians alike. The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord

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Terence Robertson worked as a journalist after serving in the German Navy. He also wrote Night Raider of the Atlantic, Escort Commander and Dieppe: The Shame and the Glory. He is deceased.

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