Your fav WWII sub book?

CPT STUBING · Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 39 Location: Acapulco Deck

Curious what everybody's favorite WWII sub book is, preferably non-fiction, but we'll leave that to you. I've read a few, but don't feel that I can give an informed opinion as to what my favorite is; still reading to find it I suppose.

Although I've been playing sub sims since Gato on an old Mac, most of my reading has been focused around boomers. So, my summer reading is going to be devoted to WWII subs. I recently finished a n-f that I picked up off a shelf entitled Pride Runs Deep. It was o-kay, but nothing to radio home about.

I'm currently reading Shadow Divers and am looking for another read when I get done. Share your favorites so I can put together a shopping list if ya don't mind.

What would you say is your favorite, allied and axis?

Bill Nichols · Joined: 14 Mar 2001 Posts: 2657

My WW2 favorites:

Fiction: "The Boat", by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim
Non-fiction: "Clear the Bridge", by Richard O'Kane

Sailor Steve · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:09 am Post subject:

Submarines Of World War Two, by Ernesto Bagnano

I prefer references these days.

Drebbel · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:11 am Post subject:

1) Zehn Jahr und Zwanzig Tage by Karl Donuts
2) One of our Submarins, by some RN dude

Hey Stubing, nice nick you have, just noticed it now.

How is Vicky doing ?

wahoo · Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 8 Location: portland oregon

I have read all of these books and they are as follows, the ones I think are the best

Thunder Below USS Barb RADM Eugene Fluckey
Wahoo USS Wahoo RADM Dick Okane (My fav of course)
Clear The Bridge USS Tang RADM Dick Okane
Silent Victory All Pacific Subs 2books Clay Blair
Submarine Diary USS Sculpin and others Corwin Mendenhall
BOWFIN USS Bowfin
Silent Running USS Jack VADM James Calvert
Red Scorpion USS Rasher
Final Dive USS Snook
BATFISH USS Batfish
SHINANO USS Archerfish RADM Joseph Enright
Nothing friendly in the vicinity USS Guardfish
Take Her Deep USS Halibut ADM Galatine
Slade Cutter USS Seahorse (He just passed away 9June)

Salvadoreno · Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 617

you guys need to read about the true warriors of uboots "the Germans"... Which had the greatest action of the battle of the atlantic..
Read "Hitlers Uboat War"
"Battle of the Atlantic"
and "Iron Coffins"
all nonfiction (or true books)..

Pigfish · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 2044 Location: Alberta, Canada

Heres 3 for me:

"Utmost Savagery: The three days at Tarawa" by Col. J.H Alexander.

"Operation Iceberg" by Gerald Astor. About Okinawa.

"In Harms Way" by Doug Stanton. About the terrible ordeal of the survivors of the Indianapolis.

Stealth Elephant · Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 126 Location: Leesburg, Virginia

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:07 am Post subject:

not realy into WW2 subs but read a WW1 submarine book called the last patrol

Oberon · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 1796 Location: Suffolk, UK

"Business in Great Waters" is a good book, my granddad gave it to me a while back.
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DAB · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 158 Location: Aberystwyth, Wales

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

il try to find it

DAB · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 158 Location: Aberystwyth, Wales

Kapitan · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:

for one the book is out of print and two i think that book went on the fire im not sure unless it in the garrage but its about a ww1 E class submarine in the dardanells

i think