Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commanders of WW2 [Hardcover]

Aided by the bitter memories of the few survivors, Matthews devotes most detail to the victims, while noting that only one of his four villains could truly be said to have been brought to justice. HistoryNetFrom the heart-rending account of the sinking of the German liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945  the worst maritime disaster in world history  through to a variety of other brutal actions carried out by numerous submarine commanders, including the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur in 1943, this book comes from the deep shadows of a tragic past to reveal the terrible truth of a secretive war that was responsible for the deaths of unimaginable numbers of innocent people.Discover how merchant seamen were savagely machine-gunned in the water, callously slaughtered with hand-grenades or simply left to the circling sharks. Elsewhere, hundreds of doctors, nurses, ships crew, ambulance drivers and hospital orderlies were viciously killed without compassion, despite being protected by the Geneva Convention.Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commander of WW2 features true stories of deeply murderous intent that lurked menacingly beneath the waves.This book comes from the deep shadows of a tragic past to reveal the terrible truth of a secretive war that was responsible for the deaths of unimaginable numbers of innocent people.Meticulously researched, leaving no historical stones unturned in a deep and persistent search for the truth.Includes many personal, first-person accounts of the struggle for survival after having been attacked under conditions of war crimes atrocities.Powerful and poignant interviews with survivors  never before published.Carefully crafted and written with considerable passion by one of Australias leading historians. ...this book focuses on four submarine commanders of World War II  two Japanese, one German, and one Soviet  who violated rules of war and displayed particular cruelty. Aided by the bitter memories of the few survivors, Matthews devotesl#î