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Teddy Suhren, ace of aces : memoirs of a U-boat rebel
- Title
- Teddy Suhren, ace of aces : memoirs of a U-boat rebel / Teddy Suhren & Fritz Brustat-Naval ; translated by Frank James.
- Author
- Suhren, Teddy.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Brustat-Naval, Fritz, 1907-
- Description
- 248 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Reinhard 'Teddy' Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, and fought in waters as far apart as the Indian Ocean and the eastern seaboard of the United States. He was also the U-boat service's most irreverent and rebellious commander, and this combination made him a legend within the U-boat world." "Valued for his good humor and an ability to lead, Suhren was frequently in trouble with higher authority, and his lack of a military bearing was a constant source of friction. Significantly, the German title of his published reminiscences, Nasses Eichenlaub, implied that though he was decorated with the Oak Leaves, he was always in hot water." "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 power in Germany, staying as a guest at Martin Bormann's house and, on one occasion, dancing with Eva Braun." "Interest in his career was recently rekindled by the discovery of a cache of photographs documenting one of his operations in U-564, and this new translation brings to an English-language readership a forthright and unconventional memoir, a wartime narrative, and a insider's view of the workings of Hitler's navy."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Nasses Eichenlaub. English
- Alternative Title
- Nasses Eichenlaub.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 1591148510
- LCCN
- 2005938190
- OCLC
- 64666640
- ocm64666640
- SCSB-5307331
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries