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Das Boot (novel)

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Das Boot (English: The Boat) is a 1973 autobiographical German novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim based on his experiences as a war correspondent on U-boat submarines. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Airstrike, Battle of the Atlantic, Befehlshaber der U-Boote, Carol Brown Janeway, Das Boot, Depth charge, Der Tagesspiegel, Destroyer, Die Festung, Die Zeit, Ensign (rank), Führer der Unterseeboote, German submarine U-309, German submarine U-96 (1940), HarperCollins, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Herbert Grönemeyer, Jürgen Prochnow, John Brownjohn, Karl Dönitz, Klaus Wennemann, Kriegsmarine, La Rochelle, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Mediterranean Sea, Nazi Germany, Organization of the Kriegsmarine, Piper Verlag, Saint-Nazaire submarine base, Strait of Gibraltar, Submarine, Submarine warfare, Type VII submarine, U-boat, War correspondent, War film, Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops, Wolfgang Petersen, World War II.

  2. 1973 German novels
  3. Cultural depictions of Karl Dönitz
  4. German autobiographical novels
  5. Novels about submarine warfare
  6. Piper Verlag books
  7. U-boat fiction

Airstrike

An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.

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Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II.

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Befehlshaber der U-Boote

The Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote or BdU (Eng: "Commander of the U-boats") was the supreme commander of the German Navy's U-boat Arm (Ubootwaffe) during the First and Second World Wars.

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Carol Brown Janeway

Carol Janet Brown Janeway (1 February 1944 – 3 August 2015) was a Scottish-American editor and literary translator into English.

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Das Boot

Das Boot (The Boat) is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. Das Boot (novel) and Das Boot are u-boat fiction.

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Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.

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Der Tagesspiegel

(meaning The Daily Mirror) is a German daily newspaper.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Die Festung

Die Festung ('The Fortress') is a German-language novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, the sequel to his 1973 Das Boot. Das Boot (novel) and Die Festung are German autobiographical novels, novels about submarine warfare and u-boat fiction.

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Die Zeit

() is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany.

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Ensign (rank)

Ensign (Late Middle English, from Old French enseigne, from Latin insignia (plural)) is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy.

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Führer der Unterseeboote

The post of Führer der Unterseeboote (FdU) ("Leader of the U-boats") was the senior commanding officer of U-boat forces in a theatre of war.

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German submarine U-309

German submarine U-309 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II.

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German submarine U-96 (1940)

German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (11 December 1911 – 18 April 1986) was a submarine commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Herbert Grönemeyer

Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer (born 12 April 1956) is a German singer, musician, producer, composer and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941) is a German actor.

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John Brownjohn

John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929 – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.

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Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz;; 16 September 189124 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.

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Klaus Wennemann

Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor.

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Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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La Rochelle

La Rochelle (Poitevin-Saintongeais: La Rochéle) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Lothar-Günther Buchheim (6 February 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Organization of the Kriegsmarine

The organization of the Kriegsmarine refers to the operational and administrative structure of the German Navy from 1935 to 1945.

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Piper Verlag

Piper Verlag is a German publisher based in Munich, printing both fiction and non-fiction works.

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Saint-Nazaire submarine base

The submarine base of Saint-Nazaire is one of five large fortified U-boat pens built by Germany during the Second World War in occupied Saint-Nazaire, France.

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Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.

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Submarine

A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Submarine warfare

Submarine warfare is one of the four divisions of underwater warfare, the others being anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and mine countermeasures.

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Type VII submarine

Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat.

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U-boat

U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.

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War correspondent

A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.

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War film

War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama.

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Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops

Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops (Wehrmachtpropaganda, abbreviated as WPr) was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German filmmaker.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

1973 German novels

Cultural depictions of Karl Dönitz

German autobiographical novels

Novels about submarine warfare

Piper Verlag books

U-boat fiction

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot_(novel)

Also known as Das Boot (book), Diethild Buchheim, Diethild Wickboldt, U-Boot Krieg (book).