The Golden Horseshoe
de Robertson, Terence
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.
- Librería
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1955. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.. 210 p., ill., 21 cm. Occasional footnotes. Index. Preface by Admiral Sir George Creasy, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O. When captured in 1941, the Germany foremost U-boat ace had sunk 55 allied ships. His last war years as a P.O.W. were as exciting as his U-boat experiences. Published in the United States as Night Raider of the Atlantic. The story of Otto Kretschmer, commander of the famous U-99-the boat that bore the golden horseshoe-who inflicted heavier and more painful losses on Allied shipping convoys than any other man. Includes Kretschmer's daring night surface attack technique, his capture in 1941 by Captain McIntyre of the 'Walker', and his extraordinary continuation of the battle from behind the barbed wire of a POW camp in Canada.
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- Librería
- Ground Zero Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 64713
- Título
- The Golden Horseshoe
- Autor
- Robertson, Terence
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint. Second printing
- Editorial
- Evans Brothers Limited
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1955
- Palabras clave
- U-boat, Submarine Warfare, Battle of the Atlantic, Prisoners of War, Convoys, Naval Tactics, Gunter Prien, Joachim Schepke, Wolf-pack, Submersible Tactics, Donald Macintyre, Grizedale Hall, Bowmanville, James Bargsten, Jupp Kassel, U-23, U-67
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