Hirschfeld The Secret Diary of a U boat 2nd Edition by Wolfgang Hirschfeld ISBN 978-1848326224 184832622X

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ISBN 10: 184832622X

ISBN 13: 978-1848326224

Author: Wolfgang Hirschfeld

Whilst there have been many memoirs written by U-boat commanders of the Second World War, a book such as this, based upon the diaries of senior Petty Officer telegraphist, written in ‘real time’ is something very special. Wolfgang Hirschfeld, whose diaries Geoffrey Brooks has translated is a born story teller.

The principal characters describe his experiences during six wars patrols in U-109, in which he served as the senior telegraphist. His is a tale which covers the whole kaleidoscope of emotions shared by men at war – a story of immense courage and fortitude, of remarkable comradeship born of the dangers, frustrations and privations shared and of transitory moments of triumph.

Throughout runs a vein of humor, without which resistance to stress would have been virtually impossible. We get to know one of Germany’s great U-boat aces, ‘Ajax’ Bleichrodt, holder of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, and in a special biographical appendix. learn how he finally cracked under the strain. The role of Admiral Karl Donitz, the dynamic commander of the U-boat service, so fascinatingly described by Hirschfeld, is of special interest – not least because even this dedicated Nazi had clearly realized by September, 1942, that the war was fast being lost.

In 1944 Hirschfeld was promoted Warrant Officer and found himself on a large, schnorkel-equipped boat (U-234) heading for Japan with a load of high technology equipment and, in addition, a quantity of uranium one. The possible significance of that uranium has been deeply researched by Geoffrey Brooks and is discussed in a second appendix.

Table of contents: 

1. Early Days at Sea

2. U-109: Working Up

3. First Patrol: An Eventful Failure

4. Bleichrodt Assumes Command

5. ‘A Well Conducted Special Mission’

6. ‘The Outcome of the War Depends on Your Success’

7. “Today is the Führer’s Birthday’

8. Oakleaves for the Commander

9. Warrant Officer: I Join U-234

10. On Course for Japan: Surrender

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