Das Boot: The enthralling true story of a U-Boat commander and crew during the Second World War

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Lothar Gunther Buchheim

Das Boot

The enthralling true story of a U-Boat commander and crew during the Second World War

Lothar Gunther Buchheim

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German

Phoenix
01 August 2004

Fiction & Literature; Adventure; Historical adventure; War & combat fiction; Second World War fiction

Series: W&N Military

Das Boot is the thrilling story of a U-boat commander and his crew during World War II.

It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks, they must brave the stormy waters of the Atlantic in their mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships.

But the tide is beginning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic. Their targets now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when contact is finally made, the hunters rapidly become the hunted.

As the U-boat is forced to hide beneath the surface of the sea, a cat-and-mouse game begins, where the increasing claustrophobia of the submarine becomes an enemy just as frightening as the depth charges that explode around it.

Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned. Written by one of the survivors, Das Boot is a psychological drama that is merciless in its intensity and a classic novel of World War II.

By: Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Imprint: Phoenix
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780304352319
ISBN 10: 0304352314
Series: W&N Military
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 01 August 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lothar-Gunther Bucheim was born in 1918 and grew up in Saxony. When the war broke out he joined the navy and served on mine-sweepers, destroyers and submarines on the last as an official navy correspondent.

Reviews for Das Boot: The enthralling true story of a U-Boat commander and crew during the Second World War

When well-known novels are made into films, we often hear the lament, 'it isn't as good as the book'. But it's refreshing to come across an original book on which a highly respected movie was based and find that both share the same level of accomplishment. Buchheim's remarkable U-boat narrative has all the clammy tension of Wolfgang Pedersen's acclaimed film. Written by a survivor of the U-boat fleet, this story of World War II delivers a powerful punch as its drama of men in battle in the north Atlantic unfolds. (Kirkus UK)