Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|
Choose an application
Reinhard 'Teddy' Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander. He was also the U-boat service's most irreverent and rebellious commander; his lack of a military bearing was a constant source of friction with higher authority. Valued for his good humour and ability to lead, his nickname was acquired because he marched like a teddy-bear.Despite his refusal to conform to the rigid thought-patterns of National Socialism, his operational successes protected him, and he found himself accepted in the highest circles of pow
World War, 1939-1945 --- Submarine captains --- Atlantic, Battle of the, 1939-1945 --- Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 --- Captains, Submarine --- Submarine boat captains --- Ship captains --- Naval operations, German. --- Campaigns --- Naval operations --- Suhren, Teddy. --- Suhren, Reinhard --- Germany. --- Officers
Choose an application
The Sound of Music endeared Georg von Trapp (1880-1947) and his singing family to the world, and it also showed us how desperately the Nazis wanted Captain von Trapp for their navy. In To the Last Salute we learn why. Trapp's own story of his exploits as a submarine commander during the First World War is as exciting as it is instructive, bringing to stirring life a little-known chapter in the naval history of that war.
Basketball players --- Basketball --- Basket-ball --- Ball games --- Basketballers --- Athletes --- Social life and customs. --- History --- Social aspects --- Submarine captains --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Captains, Submarine --- Submarine boat captains --- Ship captains --- Naval operations, Austrian. --- Naval operations --- Submarine. --- Trapp, Georg von, --- Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. --- 1.Verdenskrig 1914-1918 --- Erindringer --- Søkrigs operationer
Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|