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Das Boot Series

This gripping series plunges readers into the claustrophobic world of submarines during World War II. Experience the intense tension, fear, and psychological strain faced by crews battling not only enemy forces but also the unforgiving ocean. The novels masterfully capture the raw reality and immense pressures of naval warfare. They offer an authentic, often harrowing, glimpse into life beneath the waves and the human spirit under extreme duress.

Der Abschied
Die Festung
Das Boot

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Das Boot

    The Boat

    It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and 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 their mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships. But the tide is beginning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic. Their targets now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when contact is finally made the hunters rapidly become the hunted. As the U-boat is forced to hide beneath the surface of the sea a cat-and-mouse game begins, where the increasing claustrophobia of the submarine becomes an enemy just as frightening 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 classic novel of World War II.

    Das Boot1
    4.4

  2. Die Festung

    Frühjahr 1944: Die Feindfahrten der deutschen U-Boote sind längst zu Himmelfahrtskommandos geworden, doch die U 96 ist noch einmal davongekommen. Der Kommandant wird Flottillenchef in Brest, der Kriegsberichterstatter Buchheim nach Berlin beordert. Die Reise ist der Beginn einer aberwitzigen Odyssee durch eine kriegsgeschüttelte Welt, von Berlin, München, Paris bis an die Invasionsfront und die Festung Brest. Lothar-Günther Buchheim erzählt von vier Monaten des Jahres 1944, am Vorabend des Zusammenbruchs. 'Kein persönlicher Erlebnis- und Erkenntnisbericht aus dem Zweiten oder Ersten Weltkrieg kann mit den Abmessungen von Lothar-Günther Buchheims Saga konkurrieren.' Der Spiegel

    Die Festung2
    3.9

  3. Der Abschied

    • 559 pages
    • 20 hours of reading

    Jahre nach Ende des 2. Weltkriegs treffen der Autor und sein ehemaliger U-Boot-Kommandant bei der letzten Fahrt des deutschen Atom-U-Boots äNS Otto Hahnä erneut zusammen.

    Der Abschied3
    3.8