German U-Boat Ace Adalbert Schnee: The Patrols of U-201 in World War Ⅱ German U Boat Ace Rolf Muetzelburg: The Patrols of U-203 in World War Ⅱ

摘要

In the historiography of the Battle of the Atlantic, studies of the top-scoring U-boat "aces" have always occupied a certain pride of place. This is neither surprising nor inappropriate, as 30 German submarine commanders accounted for nearly 30 percent of all Allied merchant ships sunk during World War Ⅱ. Recent literature has focused more on the Allied measures, technologies, and human resources that frustrated the great majority of U-boat captains throughout the conflict. Now French historian Luc Braeuer has revived the tradition with a series of lavishly illustrated summaries of selected U-boat aces' combat patrols. (This reviewer has assisted Mr. Braeuer with his research into one such subject.)