Geoffrey Brooks

A very interesting book, based on a diary of a U-Boat telegraphist who served principally on the U-109, before serving on a somewhat mysterious voyage on another submarine in the spring of 1945. The author appears to have been born under a lucky star, in that because of assorted mishaps, he managed to avoid being on a number of vessels that were later sunk. One gets an interesting impression about life on board a U-Boat from these diaries. There were two items that I didn't like; one was a bit of hide-the-ball regarding the final voyage, and what, precisely, was in the cargo. This section was not well-written. It was also not clear from the book where one commander resigned his post in mid-ocean; this was "advertised" in the book, but not made very clear. Otherwise, an interesting read.… (altro)