The Golden Horseshoe by Terence Robertson
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The Golden Horseshoe by Terence Robertson

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SKU 006222
AU$25.00
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Author: Terence Robertson
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Place: London
Year: 1955
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 210 pages

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Significant foxing to foredges and endpages. Scratch to inside front cover. Faded spine.

The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded 'the wolf of the Atlantic', and for good reason. In his dramatic wartime career, he sank ship after ship, sowing terror among Allied convoys and dismay in those charged with their protection.
Kretschmer was a daring officer who favoured bringing his U-boat into the heart of the convoy and destroying it from within. He earned himself a tremendous reputation before his capture in March 1941, and The Golden Horseshoe makes it clear why.
Terence Robertson's biography of the U-boat ace draws upon first-hand experience of conditions and the deadly game as the hunter sought to outfox the hunted. He paints a masterly portrait of life at sea and weaves in the fascinating story of Kretschmer and the exploits of his U-Boats. Kretschmer was eventually captured and interviewed by Captain McIntyre of HMS Walker, an episode which is also recounted in this book.

Otto Kretschmer became a prisoner of war in March 1941 and spent most of the rest of the war in Bowmanville camp, Canada, before his release in 1947. (publisher blurb)

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