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The golden horseshoe : the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer, U-boat ace / Terence Robertson ; introduction by Jürgen Rohwer.
- Title
- The golden horseshoe : the wartime career of Otto Kretschmer, U-boat ace / Terence Robertson ; introduction by Jürgen Rohwer.
- Author
- Robertson, Terence.
- Publication
- London : Greenhill ; Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole, 2003.
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- Description
- xiv, 210 p., [13] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Wartime career of Otto Kretschmer, U-boat ace
- Subject
- Kretschmer, Otto August Wilhelm, 1912-
- U 99 (Submarine)
- Germany. Kriegsmarine > Biography
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Submarine
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German
- Submarines (Ships) > Germany > History > World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean
- Submarine captains > Germany > Biography
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- "This edition includes a new introduction by Jürgen Rohwer"--T.p. verso.
- Originally published by Evans Brothers Limited, London in 1955.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The ring round Britain -- Battle stations -- Orkneys and Shetlands -- The front moves West -- The happy time -- Convoy H.X.72 -- One torpedo, one ship -- Hunter's moon -- Hitler's guest -- On leave -- The "aces" at sea -- Trapped -- The secret meeting -- War behind bars -- Bowmanville -- With the crew -- Home port.
- ISBN
- 185367558X
- OCLC
- 59344148
- SCSB-11800875
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library