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U-571: A Novel - Max Allan Collins


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Description: Author: Max Allan Collins / Genre: Fiction / Their mission was a audacious and daring as it was dangerous. A crew of ... more
U-571: A Novel - Max Allan Collins ... American sailors in a disguised submarine would rendezvous with U-571--a crippled German U-boat in enemy waters--storm aboard, and capture one of the Nazis' coveted Enigma encryption machines, a device that would allow the Allies to decode secret German transmissions. The planning was meticulous. The secrecy was airtight. Every eventuality was prepared for. Except one.

Newest Review: ... German sub, The U571. Pretend to be a German resupply sub, capture the sub, steal a secret German code machine known as the ... more

 ... Enigma machine and then sink the U571. Easy. This was going to plan until, while they were transferring the Enigma the S33 was blown out of the water by another German wolf pack submarine. Now with the captain dead, Tyler and a handful of survivors must use the stricken U571 without any re-supply. Amazingly they manage to win a torpedo battle with the other sub and escape. Now Tyler has his command and realises he has now to pick which friend has to risk there life carrying out his orders. As they make there way bac...more

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Andy Tyler the XO of the S33 American submarine had hoped to get his own command, But that has been stopped by his CO, his commanding officer and friend Captain Dahlgren. He was soon to find out why. While the crew was on leave to celebrate a fellow crew members wedding an urgent order came that stopped the fun and sent them all back to the naval yard. And back to there sub which was under going some strange repairs. To there surprise there beloved S33 had become a German U boat. There orders are to locate a stricken German sub, The U571. Pretend to be a German resupply sub, capture the sub, steal a secret German code machine known as the Enigma machine and ...  Read the complete review

 

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U-571: A Novel - Max Allan Collins