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German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee: The Patrols of U-201 in World War II
Luc Braeuer
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, 206 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 455 x 314 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Few commanders symbolize the evolution of the German U-boat arm during the Second World War as does Adalbert Adi Schnee. In 1940, Schnee successively commanded three Type II U-boatsaU-6, U-60 and U-121a in which he registered his first successes in the Atlantic. From the beginning of 1941, he was appointed commander of U-201, the first Type VIIC U-boat allotted to I Flotilla. During seven patrols with this U-Boot, which would take him to the coasts of America and Africa, he would receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. With 15 ships sunk in convoys in the mid-Atlantic, he ... Read more
Few commanders symbolize the evolution of the German U-boat arm during the Second World War as does Adalbert Adi Schnee. In 1940, Schnee successively commanded three Type II U-boatsaU-6, U-60 and U-121a in which he registered his first successes in the Atlantic. From the beginning of 1941, he was appointed commander of U-201, the first Type VIIC U-boat allotted to I Flotilla. During seven patrols with this U-Boot, which would take him to the coasts of America and Africa, he would receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. With 15 ships sunk in convoys in the mid-Atlantic, he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1014g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764348235
SKU
V9780764348235
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About Luc Braeuer
Luc Braeuer, born in Paris in 1970, is a computer engineer and officer in the reserve. Specializing in German submarines in France, he is the French correspondent for the U-Boat Archive, Cuxhaven. With his brother, he created three WWII museums in France.
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