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U-Boat Ace : The Story of Wolfgang Luth
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vause, Jordan.
- Series:
- Bluejacket Bks.
- Bluejacket books U-boat ace
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany. Kriegsmarine--Biography.
- Lüth, Wolfgang.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.
- World War, 1939-1945--Submarine--Naval operations--North Atlantic Ocean--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
- Submarine captains.
- Germany.
- Lüth, Wolfgang.
- Local Subjects:
- Germany. Kriegsmarine--Biography.
- Lüth, Wolfgang.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- U-Boat Ace
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exceptional figure in the history of the German Navy, Wolfgang Luth was one of only seven men in the Wehrmacht to win Germany's highest combat decoration, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. At one time or another he operated in almost every theater of the undersea war, from Norway to the Indian Ocean, and became the second most successful German U-boat ace in World War II, sinking more than 220,000 tons of merchant shipping. A master in the art of military leadership, Luth was the youngest man to be appointed to the rank of captain and the youngest to become comm
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612513805
- 1612513808
- OCLC:
- 870244218
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