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- catalog abstract "The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope. It begins with the dawning of World War II, while the author is a junior officer on board the ocean liner SS Columbus, and continues through his confinement in a British prisoner-of-war camp after the war. Readers will be moved by the author's ability to put a human face on the German experience of the war. The book contains more than 100 Leica-quality photographs, an exceptional assortment taken by Giese throughout his wartime service that offers a unique historical overview. Also included are vivid accounts of the scuttling of the Columbus, furtive blockade running, and the arduous life of the men who served in Germany's fleet of "gray wolves" as they prowled the polar sea and other remote corners of the world. Even with Germany's surrender, the war was far from over for Giese and his comrades, who remained deep in the Malayan jungle until captured by the British and imprisoned in the infamous Changi Jail. Interspersed among tales of hardship and loss are colorful anecdotes that relay joy and camaraderie. Whether it be plots to escape detention at Angel Island, the unlikely processing of German seamen at Ellis Island, or a stint "policing" guerrilla warfare in the Malayan jungle, the author greets the incongruous moments of war and life with equanimity. At the same time his memoirs offer an unwavering assessment of the dictates of duty.".
- catalog contributor b5903904.
- catalog contributor b5903905.
- catalog contributor b5903906.
- catalog contributor b5903907.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The scuttling of the SS Columbus, 1939 -- Homeward bound with the blockade-runner Anneliese Essberger, November 1940 -- December 1941 -- With the gray wolves in the Polar Sea, 1941-43 -- Final years, 1943-47 -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope. It begins with the dawning of World War II, while the author is a junior officer on board the ocean liner SS Columbus, and continues through his confinement in a British prisoner-of-war camp after the war. Readers will be moved by the author's ability to put a human face on the German experience of the war. The book contains more than 100 Leica-quality photographs, an exceptional assortment taken by Giese throughout his wartime service that offers a unique historical overview. Also included are vivid accounts of the scuttling of the Columbus, furtive blockade running, and the arduous life of the men who served in Germany's fleet of "gray wolves" as they prowled the polar sea and other remote corners of the world. Even with Germany's surrender, the war was far from over for Giese and his comrades, who remained deep in the Malayan jungle until captured by the British and imprisoned in the infamous Changi Jail. Interspersed among tales of hardship and loss are colorful anecdotes that relay joy and camaraderie. Whether it be plots to escape detention at Angel Island, the unlikely processing of German seamen at Ellis Island, or a stint "policing" guerrilla warfare in the Malayan jungle, the author greets the incongruous moments of war and life with equanimity. At the same time his memoirs offer an unwavering assessment of the dictates of duty.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 289 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Shooting the war.".
- catalog identifier "1557503079".
- catalog isFormatOf "Shooting the war.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Shooting the war.".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog subject "940.54/51/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "D781 .G53 1994".
- catalog subject "Germany. Kriegsmarine Biography.".
- catalog subject "Giese, Otto, 1914-".
- catalog subject "Sailors Germany Biography.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, German.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The scuttling of the SS Columbus, 1939 -- Homeward bound with the blockade-runner Anneliese Essberger, November 1940 -- December 1941 -- With the gray wolves in the Polar Sea, 1941-43 -- Final years, 1943-47 -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Shooting the war : the memoir and photographs of a U-boat officer in World War II / Otto Giese and James E. Wise, Jr.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives German. fast".
- catalog type "text".