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Teddy Suhren : ace of aces : memoirs of a U-boat rebel / Teddy Suhren and Fritz Brustat-Naval ; translated by Frank James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suhren, Teddy, author.
- Brustat-Naval, Fritz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suhren, Teddy.
- Germany. Kriegsmarine--Officers--Biography.
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Submarine captains--Germany--Biography.
- Submarine captains.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, England : Frontline Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reinhard 'Teddy' Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander. He was also the U-boat service's most irreverent and rebellious commander; his lack of a military bearing was a constant source of friction with higher authority. Valued for his good humour and ability to lead, his nickname was acquired because he marched like a teddy-bear.Despite his refusal to conform to the rigid thought-patterns of National Socialism, his operational successes protected him, and he found himself accepted in the highest circles of pow
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 4, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4738-1887-7
- 1-78383-955-4
- OCLC:
- 881887668
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