Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commanders of WW2

This book reveals the terrible truth of a secretive war that was responsible for the deaths of innocent people, including the sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 and the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur in 1943. It also reveals how merchant seamen were savagely machine-gunned in the water, callously slaughtered with hand-grenades, or left to the circling sharks.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

From the harrowing account of the sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945, the most devastating maritime disaster in world history, to a range of other gruesome actions carried out by numerous submarine commanders, including the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur in 1943, this book delves into the dark depths of a tragic past to expose the shocking truth of a clandestine war that resulted in the untold deaths of countless innocent individuals. Uncover the gruesome details of how merchant seamen were brutally machine-gunned in the water, mercilessly slaughtered with hand grenades, or left to the mercy of circling sharks. In other instances, hundreds of doctors, nurses, ship's crew, ambulance drivers, and hospital orderlies, despite being protected by the Geneva Convention, were ruthlessly killed without compassion. Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commanders of WWII presents true accounts of chillingly murderous intent that lurked menacingly beneath the waves.

Weight: 732g
Dimension: 165 x 242 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399064613