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Original Title:	Das Boot
ISBN:	0304352314 (ISBN13: 9780304352319)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Das Boot #1

Das Boot (Das Boot #1)

Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Paperback | Pages: 563 pages

Rating: 4.31 | 3717 Users | 183 Reviews

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Title	:	Das Boot (Das Boot #1)
Author	:	Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 563 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2007 by Cassell (first published 1973)
Categories	:	Fiction. War. Historical. Historical Fiction. World War II

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It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks they must brave the stormy waters of the Atlantic in their mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships. But the tide is beginning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic. Their targets now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when contact is finally made the hunters rapidly become the hunted. As the U-boat is forced to hide beneath the surface of the sea a cat-and-mouse game begins, where the increasing claustrophobia of the submarine becomes an enemy just as frightening as the depth charges that explode around it. Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned. Written by a survivor of the U-boat fleet, Das Boot is a psychological drama merciless in its intensity, and a classic novel of World War II.

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An amazing and at times terrifying story of war at sea. Completely engaging. Should be read alongside the Cruel Sea as they show the two sides to the story of the Battle of the Atlantic. It gives a good understanding that war is just as terrifying for the hunter as it is for the prey.

When reading this I kept wanting to compare it to Sharks and Little Fish (another historical fiction piece on the U-boat campaign of WWII), both have their moments of shine and Im certain veterans of the campaign appreciate them more than we might.There are many things to love in Das Boot; the description of the attacks, the total boredom of daily operations, to the anticipation of circumstances. All of these make for a good story that goes toward great! But if this is the case why only 4

I rounded up to 5 on this one. From the perspective of an on-board war correspondent, the novel follows one U-Boat tour in the Atlantic during the winter of 1940. The book is a mix sheer boredom and occasional helpless terror from British boats, weeks of storms, or the workings of The Boat itself.The characters feel realistic. The manager of my friendly local Erbert & Gerbert's told me that this book was (is?) required reading at US Naval Academy. Wouldn't surprise me because of The Old Man,

I have seen the movie in multiple versions several times. That is why I wanted to read the original book, be it a translation. There was definitely information in the book that was not included in the movie. The author succeeded in depicting the tedium of this submarine life. That is interesting, but difficult to slug through. A hurricane seemed to last three weeks. Depth charge attacks seemingly endless. I was glad I read the book, but contrary to the usual circumstance I felt the movie

Submarine war novels are not usually my kind of thing and this one was possibly a couple of hundred pages too long, but Das Boot was worth reading. It is always so easy to understand the horror of war on an intellectual level, but Das Boot takes you further and engages you in the terror of war. You actually get to feel the claustrophobia, the desperation, and the feeling of helplessness under fire. I never watched the movie, but may do now.

The claustrophobia, the panic, the boredom and ennuijoin the Reichsmarine, see the world! It's a gripping read (although the paragraphs are choppy which makes the flow of reading more difficult). The only reason I might advise against someone reading it is the verisimilitude of sailorspeak: there are some pretty salty passages in there, so be thou warned.

Excellent book and excellent film, one of the best, most realistic and accurate WWII novels out there that show the war from the German side fairly.