Book Review on Uboat Advneture

Melanie Wiggins’s U-Boat Adventures: Firsthand Accounts from World War II brings to life the accurate account form the sailors that where onboard and associated with the most powerful and unforeseen weapon the Germans had to offer. While traveling and touring Europe, Wiggins sits down with twenty-one U-boat veterans as they tell their personal stories of the involvement during the Battle of Atlantic. These veterans range from several positions held yet with a rare concentration on the junior enlisted ranks and only five commanders that usually dominate the readings on the subject. Wiggins also collected and included several artifacts from the interviewees ranging from photographs to letters. The author also was invited to attend a reunion with the crew of the U-682 where she was able to gather several more sources and information. Wiggins was also fortunate to sit down and speak with ninety-four year old Commander Jurgen Wattenberg and Admiral Otto Kretshmer two months before his dea...