U-Boot im Focus

For years enthusiasts bemoaned the absence of a specialized publication about German submarines in the Second World War, and in 2007 our publishing company began such a series, titled U-Boot im Focus.

 

With the support of archives, private collectors and well-known experts in the field, the series is issued three times per year. Most of the photos that illustrate each edition have never before been published, and they are supplemented by informative captions and well-researched articles on all aspects of U-boat operations. The focus of our articles is on lesser-known facts and events. Each edition therefore offers the reader exclusive reading material and unique illustrations. The illustrations are of generous size and the highest quality, printed on glossy paper.

 

Each edition contains 50 pages, with about 60 photos including several in colour, plus 2 to 3 colour side-views and drawings of conning towers.

Archive of previOUs Editions




ISBN: 978-3-941437-50-0

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 21

58 pages, 65 photos - thereof 6 in colour, 2 coloured conning tower frontviews, , 1

coloured document, 4 coloured maps, reader’s forum

 

• Penannts: Return from the Dreaded 13th War Cruise – A Summary of U-453’s Actions

• Boat in Focus: U-403 – The Boat with the “Rushing Wolf” Emblem on its Conning Tower

The Story of a Norwegian Sea Boat with a Previously Unknown Emblem

• Photos with a story: The March Dedicated to Kptlt. Kretschmer (U-99)

The story of an almost forgotten inciden

• Fates: U-858 – The First Kriegsmarine Vessel to Surrender to the USA after the German

Surrender

• Documents: When the World of the U-Boat Crews Was Still in Order

• Scenery: The Men Whose Work Remained in the Dark

• Unknown emblems: When the World of the U-Boat Crews Was Still in Order

• Unusual: Rank Insignia on the Commander’s Oilskin

• Commanders: Oblt.z.S. Viktor-Wilhelm Nonn (U-596)

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-49-4

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U-Boot im Focus Edition No 20

 

51 pages, 62 photos - thereof 17 in colour, 1 coloured conning tower sideview, , 1

coloured document, 2 coloured maps, reader’s forum

Photos with a story: U-592 - The Boat with the Saving Doctor

The Story of a Conning Tower Inscription and the Manipulation of a Photograph


Fates: Failed Attempt to Enter the Mediterranean The Fate of U-761 on Its Second War Cruise


Commanders: Kptlt. Robert Gysae (U-177)

 

Technical Equipment: “Please Transmit Direction Finding Signals!” A Report on the U-

Boat 280 S Rotating Loop Antenna Radio Direction Finding System


Documents: The Polar Baptism Letter – The Counterpart to the Crossing the Equator Certificate


Scenery: “Attack – Close – Sink” – The 1st U-Boat Flotilla’s Dining Hall


Background: Good cooking - helps win!" -

The Difficult Life of a Ship’s Cook on a U-Boat


U-Tanker: Photos from the Fourth War Cruise by the Supply Boat U-460

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-45-6

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 19

•50 pages, 61 photos - thereof 4 in colour, 1 coloured conning tower frontview, 1 coloured document, 3 coloured maps, reader’s forum

 

•Photos with a story: U-94 in Action with Wolfpack Hecht

- The first capture of an Allied merchant ship captain

•Commanders: Kptlt. Nicolai „Nico“ Clausen (U-129) Conning Towers: U-955 and the Teddy Bear from the Reeperbahn

•Unusual: Gift of a Book for a Courageous Diver

•Fates: Bay of Biscay 1944 – Rescued by a Luftwaffe Air-Sea Rescue Aircraft

- The fortunate rescue of the survivors of U-970

•Scenery: A Nap on the Wave Deflector

•Color Photos: Bridge Watch in the “Little Seal”

•SponsorCities: The Matter of Sponsorship

- An experiment in reader participation Pennants: The Popular Sinking Pennant

 

As well as photos of U-28, U-47, U-230 and U-305

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-42-5

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 18

54 pages, 56 photos - thereof 3 in colour, 2 coloured conning tower sideviews, 1 coloured conning tower frontview, 1 coloured boat-sideview, 2 coloured emblems, 1 coloured document, 2 coloured maps, reader’s forum

 

 Photos with a story: In Secret Action for General Franco

 German Submarines in the Spanish Civil War

 Unknown Emblems: This is what U-629’s emblem actually looked like

 Commanders: Kptlt. Herbert Schultze (U-48)

 Conning Towers: U-Boats against the Invasion – Hopeless Surface Operations

 Operations by U-766 as Part of the Landwirt Group from June to August 1944

 Documents: Commemorative Document of Department III of the Brest Naval Shipyard

 Scenery: “Chatting” from Boat to Boat

 Background: “Alberich” – The German U-Boats’ Cap of Invisibility

 Cap Badges: From “Glückauf” to “Bobby the Elephant” (U-141, U-667, U-471)

 

As well as photos of U-100, U-73, U-204, U-3527 und U-3528

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-41-8

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 17

50 pages with 51 photos - thereof 1 in colour, 3 coloured emblems, 1 coloured document, 2 coloured conning tower frontviews, 4 coloured maps, Readers Forum

 

• Commanders: Kptlt. Friedrich Guggenberger, Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum,Kptlt. Heinrich Schonder, Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim,Kptlt. Werner Kraus, Oblt.(Ing.) Erich Zürn

• Reader’s Forum: The Spanish Cross for SubmarinersU-393 – The Experimental Boat of Testing Group Sultan

• Background: “Wind Strength 11 – We’re Linking up with the Convoy!”

• Conning Towers: U-67 – An Early Type IX C Boat with an Unusual Camouflage Scheme

• Boat in Focus: Into Combat with the Queen of Hearts - An Outline of the Operations by the Early Type IX C Boat U-126

• Unusual: The U-Boat War Badge on an Underwear Pullover

• Documents: An Invitation from the Commander of a Milk Cow

• Fates: Sunk Twice for Reasons other than Enemy Action - The Fate of the Luckless Boat U-1234

• U-Tanker: The Doctor Comes Aboard

 

as well as several photos of U-59, U-108 and further informations

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-37-1

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 16

50 pages with 66 photos - thereof 10 in colour, 1 coloured document, 1 coloured conning tower frontviews, 3 coloured emblems, 2 coloured maps, Readers Forum

 

• Boat in Focus: Photo Supplement – Operations by U-481 in the Gulf of Finland

• Unusual: Signs for smokers and "fresh air-catchers"

• Photos with a Story:  U-995 Then and Now  -  How original is the museum boat in Laboe?

• Scenery: Coastal Convoy

• Boat in Focus: U-393 – The Experimental Boat of Testing Group Sultan

• Unusual: A Submariner Takes a Bath at Sea

• Documents: A Submariner’s Role Card

• Color Photos: Italian Submarine Flying the Reich War Flag

 

as well as several photos of U-387, U-19, U-576, U-37, U-168 and further informations

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-35-7

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 15

58 pages with 63 photos - thereof 13 in colour, 1 coloured document, 1 coloured conning tower sideview, 2 coloured boat-sideviews, 3 maps, Readers Forum

 

• Unusual: The Commander Lends a Hand

• Boat in Focus: U-84 – The Story of a Boat Patrols off Newfoundland, America and in the Caribbean

• Documents: The Krupp Germaniawerft AG’s Knight’s Cross Certificate

• Conning Towers: U-431 – One-Off Camouflage Scheme in the Mediterranean

• Fates: The Last Photos and the Last Voyage of Kptlt. Schepke (U-100)

• Photos with a Story: U-Boat Code Names in the Bases at St. Nazaire and La Pallice

• Scenery: A Look into the Conning Tower

• Cap Badges: U-50’s Big “Whale” Cap Badge

• Interior Shots: U-109

 

as well as photos of U-437, U-561, U-65, U-237 and further informations

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-33-3 

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 14

56 pages with 53 photos - thereof 3 in colour, 1 coloured document, 2 coloured conning tower sideviews, 1 coloured boat-sideview, 3 maps Readers Forum

 

• Unusual: The Spanish Cross for Submariners

• Boat in Focus: Gulf of Finland Area of Operations – Actions by U-481 in the Eastern Baltic

• Pennants: Aircraft Shot Down in the Bay of Biscaya

• Color Photos: The Coastline – The Pain of Parting and the Feeling of Bliss

• Documents: Depth Control Master Diploma

• Fates: Complaints to the Luftwaffe (Attack on U-334)

• Conning Towers: U-431 – One-Off Camouflage Scheme in the Mediterranean

• Photos with a Story: U-Boat Runs over U-Boat – Collision Between U-322 and U-1009 in the Baltic Sea in 1944

• Scenery: Hectic Activity in Kiel Habour (U-237)

• Unusual: What is the Turkish Fez About? (U-596 and U-123)

• Interior Shots: U-18

 

as well as several photos of U-9, U-97, U-81, U-423, U-270, U-429, U-68, U-107 and further informations

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-28-9

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 13

50 pages with 52 photos - thereof 2 in colour, 1 coloured document, 1 coloured conning tower sideview, 1 coloured boat-sideviews, 1 coloured map, Readers Forum

 

• Oilskins with Function Labels

• Pennants: A Special Sinking Pennant and a Story (U-201 Schnee)

• Conning Towers: The so-called “La Spezia” Conning Tower on Mediterranean Boats

• Color Photos: Armored Personnel Boxes in Color and Black and White

• Photos with a Story: Collision with the Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee (U-35)

• Boat in Focus: Camouflage Experiments on Type II A Boats in the Summer of 1939

• Unknown Emblems: The Unidentifiable “Black Lion”

• Dress: Officers of U-387 in the “Luftwaffe Look”

• Unusual: The “Liliput” (Lilliput) Sweaters Worn by the Crew of U-575

• Fate: Explosion Aboard U-67

 

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-25-8

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 12

50 pages with 46 photos - thereof 4 in colour, 2 coloured documents, 1 coloured conning tower sideview, 2 coloured boat-sideviews, 4 coloured maps, 4 coloured emblems and Readers Forum

 

• Conning Towers: The Cape Buffalo Head Emblem on U-10’s Conning Tower

• Color Photos: Late-War Color Photos of the 21st Flotilla (U-733)

• Boat in Focus: U-249’s FuMB Athos I

• Photos with a Story: U-1406 and U-1407 – Sunk or Surrendered at War’s End?

• Fate: Sunk in the Safe Submarine Base(U-622)

• Equipment: Reloading Torpedoes during U-221’s Third Patrol

• Scenery: Bombing Raid on Kiel on 14 May 1943(U-236 + U-237)

• Unknown Emblems: U-387’s Fair- Skinned Moor

• Documents: British Leaflet for the Demora- lization of German Submariners

• as well as photos from different types and more information

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-24-1

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 11

56 pages with 49 photos - thereof 7 in colour, 2 coloured documents, 2 coloured conning tower sideviews, 2 coloured boat-sideviews, 4 coloured maps, 3 coloured emblems and Readers Forum

 

• Fate: Sunk during the Narvik Operation – (U-64)

• Scenery: In the Lorient Submarine Base (U-103 and U-106)

• Boat in Focus: U-438 – The Shark Mouth Boat

• Conning Towers: To Sea with Camouflage and Cat with Arched Back (U-24)

• Cap Badges: U-586’s Iron Hand

• Unusual: Oilskins with Function Labels

• Unknown Emblems: U-503 with the Coat of Arms of its Sponsor City

• Armaments on different boats

• as well as photos from different types and more information

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ISBN: 978-3-941437-21-0

U-Boot im Focus Edition No 10

50 pages, 55 photos - thereof 5 in colour, 2 coloured conning tower sideviews (U-653 and U778), 1 coloured map, 3 coloured emblems, 1 coloured document, Readerforum

 

• Conning Towers: U-653 – In Action with the “Aggressive Lobster” on its Conning Tower

• Documents: A Christmas Greeting from “Camp Coral”

• Unknown Emblems: U-196’s Leaping Tiger (U-Kentrat)

• Boat in Focus: A U-Boat Rescues Refugees - U-778’s Operations During the Final Months of the War

• Equipment: 7 x 50 blc (Zeiss) U-Boat Binoculars

• Scenery: Polar Sea Boat in Action (U-367)

• Fate: Accident while Docking (U-209)

• as well as photos from different types and more information

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