He also wrote the book Jäger im Weltmeer (Hunter in the Ocean) and in 1995 he published the novel Die Festung (The Fortress).
Heinz Hirsacker (who was condemned to death by military tribunal in 1943 charged with "Cowardice in the face of the enemy" - the only U-boat commander to suffer that fate, being executed on April 24th 1943. At this time U-572 was commanded by Kptlt. U-572 had sailed on 29/11/41, a few days after U-96 (see the mission details below). All the photographs in U-Boat War were taken by Buchheim with the exception of a few taken by U-96 engineering officer Fritz Grade.īuchheim witnessed the chance meeting between U-96 and U-572 during a heavy storm. This resulted in the international best-selling novel of submarine warfare Das Boot (The Boat), the short story Die Eichenlaubfahrt (The Oak-Leaves Patrol) and a three-part text-and-photo chronicle U-bootkrieg (U-Boat War), U-Bootfahrer (U-Boat-Men) and Zu Tode Gesiegt (Victoried to Death).īuchheim was posted aboard as an official artist to provide impressions of the German Navy in action for propaganda purposes Over 5,000 of his photos survived the war, and 205 of these form the epic photo-essay U-Boat War. Lothar-Günther Buchheim joined U-96 for one patrol as a war correspondent. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 401)ģ recorded attacks on this boat.
The much longer and more dramatic stay in the deep described by Buchheim in his novel Das Boot is one of the numerous occasions in this book where the author fictionalized the events he experienced during his time as war correspondent on U-96. Suffering some damage, the boat dived, surfaced the next morning at 0445hrs, and proceeded to base in France. While penetrating the Straits of Gibraltar, U-96 was attacked at 2235hrs by a British Swordfish aircraft. None fell close, and the boat evaded the attack and continued the patrol. The British escort sloop HMS Lulworth gave chase, and after driving U-96 under with gunfire, dropped 27 depth charges.
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While attacking convoy OS 10 on the surface during a full moon, Lehmann-Willenbrock fired into the convoy at long range, sinking one ship. This was for some time thought to have sunk U-65, but the target was actually U-96, which escaped unscathed. On southeast of Iceland, in position 60.04N, 15.45W, the British corvette HMS Gladiolus depth charged a German U-boat. Sunk on 30 March 1945 in the Hipper Basin at Wilhelmshaven by bombs during US air raid (8th AF). Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel ( Knights Cross)Ģ7 ships sunk, total tonnage 181,206 GRT 4 ships damaged, total tonnage 33,043 GRT 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 8,888 GRTĭecommissioned on 15 February 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ( Knights Cross)
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