Wolfpacks At War: The U-Boat Experience in World War II - Hardcover

Showell, Jak

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0711029288 ISBN 13: 9780711029286

Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The product of fifteen years' research, here is the history of the camps to which captured Allied aircrew were sent in the early years of the war. Run by the Germany army, despite the Geneva Convention's decree that aircrew should be the responsibility of the Luftwaffe, their story has been neglected in the concentration on Stalag Luft III and VI in which aircrew officers were assembled from 1942 onwards. 4 maps. 32pp b/w photos. 296 pages. Hardback

About this title

About the Author:

Jak Mallmann Showell lives in Kent. His father was Diesel Obermaschinist Jak Mallmann who was lost at sea on his 13th operational tour with U377. As Britain's foremost expert on the history of U-boat activities in the war, he has also written Under the Swastika, U-Boats at War: Landings on Hostile Shores and Enigma U-Boats, which have all been published by Ian Allan Publishing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0711029288
• ISBN 13: 9780711029286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128