U-Boat War Patrol

The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564

Lawrence Paterson

• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781848327849
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473884618
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: German History
• Index: History

"[A] book of rare photographs . . . detailing life aboard a German Second World War submarine" from the author of Operation Colossus ( History Today).

This unique account charts the complete story of a single U-boat patrol through the summer of 1942 based around a remarkable collection of photographs that were "liberated" from a concrete U-boat pen in Brest at the end of the war and which had, until recently, remained hidden in a shoe box. The boat in question, U-564, carried the famous three black cat motif of Reinhard

"Teddy" Suhren who, along with Prien and Kretschmer, was one of the top U-boat commanders during the battles of the Atlantic.

This remarkable book provides unique access into both the day-to-day life of a U-boat at sea and into the detailed workings of the Kriegsmarine. Through the successes and trials of U-564 the reader is transported to that vast and watery battlefield that was perhaps the most significant theatre of the Second World War.

"The text tells the story of U 564, and the images display the cramped conditions and the way of life on a war patrol. This is an absorbing story with the most memorable and unique collection of images filmed under patrol conditions." — Firetrench

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary, Abbreviations
• Table of Ranks
• The Atlantic Grid
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Outbound 11 to 16 July
• Chapter 2: Convoy Attack 17 to 20 July
• Chapter 3: Survival, Rendezvous 21 July to 1 August
• Chapter 4: The U-Tanker 1 to 11 August
• Chapter 5: War off the Antilles 12 to 19 August
• Chapter 6: Artillery Attack, Promotion, Home 20 August to 18 September
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• Sources, Bibliography, Suggested Reading
• Notes