Night Raider of the Atlantic The Saga of the U-99
$ 20.00
Author: Terence Robertson
Publisher: Ace D-244
Year: 1955 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35
Condition: Book Grades. Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Non Fiction/War/History
Pages: 254
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The book details the real-life wartime career of Otto Kretschmer, Germany's top-scoring submarine ace of World War II, and his crew aboard the U-99.
- The Tactics: It chronicles how Kretschmer earned the nickname "Silent Otto" and revolutionized submarine warfare. Instead of attacking submerged during the day, he pioneered daring night surface attacks, often infiltrating the center of Allied merchant convoys to fire at point-blank range.
- The Record: Under his command, the U-99 became incredibly destructive, sinking over 40 Allied ships totaling upwards of 260,000 tons before its run ended.
- Capture and Captivity: In March 1941, the U-99 was cornered, depth-charged, and disabled by British warships. Kretschmer and most of his crew were rescued from the sea and captured.
- The Prison War: The narrative follows Kretschmer into British and Canadian POW camps. Even behind barbed wire, he continued his war effort by running tight military organizations, gathering intelligence from newspapers, and smuggling strategic information back to Germany.
