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get lost yank
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Is this a true story by a German officer?
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Zoey's busy eh ;)
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This was a good book but I'm disappointed to find out that it was just a novel and not a true story. I did some digging on the characters in the story and none of them are found in WWII history. Don't get me wrong, the book is still a good read in and of itself, but just know that you are reading a fictionalized account of a German U-boat captain. This was most likely written by an Englishman postwar period.
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absolutely one of the best I have had the pleasure to listen to. Thank you.
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Amazing book. Well read. The transformation of this young man by the years of war is palpable.
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Change that WWII type IX U-Boat pic... WWI Type UC II looked completely different...
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Ya, this is fake as yo mama's tits.
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This book stinks of being fake.
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This book stinks of being fake.
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Pretty amazing book here.
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This is one the best audiobook performances available on Librivox.
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This book has been translated into at least 10 languages including Chinese.
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Thank you for uploading this incredible story.
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Superb
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Loved it. Great work. I really enjoyed this allot. Thank you.
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they should make a movie about the whole zoey spy angle...crazy...good book
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Brillant!
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I like it .it very good from brendan
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the U-Boot above is a WW II V-7, the war horse of the Kriegsmarine...for every 10 unterrwasser sailors 2 survived....Hitler put his chips on the wrong front....
Captain Karl von Schenk of the Kaiser's Navy is a stereotypical German nobleman - supremely self-confident, touchy about the divisions of class and any infringement on his place. He thinks he is handsome, has a suitably manly physique, an excellent singing voice, and a facility with writing. His wartime service related in his diary is a series of triumphs over harrowing circumstances, bringing his boat back in spite of the best efforts of the Royal Navy to stop him. His one vulnerability is a young lady he meets on leave in Bruges, Belgium. Although she is the trophy girlfriend of a German colonel who could cause him much harm if he were to find out, von Schenk pursues his Zoe with Teutonic straightforwardness. And both he and the reader are entirely blind-sided by the unexpected thunderclap that puts an end to the sweet affair. Stephen King-Hall, a Royal Navy officer during the war and writing as "Etienne", penned this book as if he had simply discovered it on a surrendered submarine. In fact, some editions of the book list the author as "anonymous." King-Hall's knowlege of naval affairs lend authority to this yarn of men that go to the sea in ships that sink... on purpose. (Summary by Mark F. Smith) Diary of a U-boat Commander by Stephen King-Hall