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Das Boot
- W&N Military
- Narrated by: Tim Bruce
- Length: 22 hrs and 47 mins
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Filled with almost unbearable tension and excitement, Das Boot is one of the best stories ever written about war, a supreme novel of the Second World War and an acclaimed film and TV drama.
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 the Second World War.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-09-23
The last will not play
The book is not complete last chapter will not play so what can you do
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- Anonymous User
- 10-05-23
The truth is frightening!
An excellent account of life under the sea with very limited equipment and technology. The tension! The feeling of utter exposure to the next depth charge! Waiting to die ! I’ve seen the film several times but the book! Wow! I’m exhausted!
Brilliant!
We come unseen!
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- Shakin' Stevens
- 19-11-23
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I am a big fan of film, so I knew it wouldn’t be a laugh a minute. There is a warning/disclaimer at the start, which is merited, but a bit late if you’ve already purchased?
The screenplay is about three quarters the same as the book I’d say, just a few tweaks and cuts.
The story is worthy and gripping, but as the disclaimer warns there are racist views (probably normal for the time) and some sexual descriptions that a bit harrowing and bleak. Especially when it comes to the “hen houses”.
Still, a classic
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- Mr. J. M. Cox
- 20-05-22
Superb.
I read this book many years ago and also watched the Film. I’ve been waiting for sometime for the audiobook to be produced and finally stumbled upon it on Audible.
A gripping and a very detailed account of life aboard a WW2 German U-boat during a patrol in the North Atlantic. Expertly narrated by Tim Bruce the account draws you in to the world of the German submariner and daily life during a patrol, at times an extremely tense and terrifying experience. A fantastic and enlightening insight, well worth listening to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-23
Worth reading
Great book with ability to try and experience the excitement terror and frustration they must of felt as the power dynamic of the Allies shifted.
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- Daniel Johnson
- 07-12-23
Stunningly atmospheric
One of my favourite books of all time. The characters are rich, the relationships are involved and the story itself is both fascinating and incredibly entertaining.
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- GT
- 24-02-24
Very good listen if a little slow.
Being an ex-submariner, the general descriptions are very good although there was not much in the way of "firing solutions" or "bow angles", going on, which is a shame because the description of life in the submarine is excellent.
One thing which grated (for me) was the use of imperial measurements on a German submarine and the inaccuracies which came from that. I haven't read the book but a Type VII U-boat has an operational depth of about 250m with a crush depth of about 300 metres - not 300 feet as stated in the book. The difference is hugely significant.
Also weights are stated in lbs, when they would have been kilos or tonnes.
Bearings would be read off in integers - i.e. "two, five zero degrees" - not "two hundred and fifty degrees". Shame the narrator was not aware of little things like this although I guess most listeners wouldn't notice.
Definitely worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-12-22
As Good as the Film
I listened to the book fearing that nothing could capture the feeling of being on a U boat better than the film. My fear was misplaced. What I had not expected was the book would be so well written. The descriptions of the sea are superb and there are touches of brilliance such as the comparison between the movements of a waitress and those of a matador. It is a tough read. No punches are pulled about anything. The revelling and the sex are as brutal, crude and inhuman as the fighting. When the boat is being hunted and is on the seabed, the deteriorating conditions are described in all their ghastly detail.
The book is well read. Some people have written that they found the accents used to denote different backgrounds were off putting. I found them helpful.
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- Duncan Connell
- 30-03-23
Outstanding
Am incredible journey and the best descriptions of life on a German U-Boat. Brilliant characters, fantastic tension and the narrator is superb.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-07-23
Great story
Excellent story and very in-depth too, just wish it had carried on and not finished where it did
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