Filled with almost unbearable tension and excitement, DAS BOOT is one of the bes
t stories ever written about war, a supreme novel of the Second World War and an
acclaimed film and TV drama. It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander an
d his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic
. Over the coming weeks they must brave the stormy waters of the Atlantic in the
ir mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships.
But the tide is begi
nning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic. Their targe
ts now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when co
ntact is finally made the hunters rapidly become the hunted. As the U-boat is fo
rced to hide beneath the surface of the sea a cat-and-mouse game begins, where t
he increasing claustrophobia of the submarine becomes an enemy just as frighteni
ng as the depth charges that explode around it.
Of the 40,000 men who served
on German submarines, 30,000 never returned. Written by a survivor of the U-boat
fleet, DAS BOOT is a psychological drama merciless in its intensity, and a clas
sic novel of the Second World War.
Additional Information:
Readership:General
(US: Trade)
BIC:
FGVS Second World War fiction
