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(More customer reviews)For those who follow the naval history of WWII this book answers many questions about the bases where the U-Boats were repaired and replenished. I missed having a guide like this when I traveled along the French Atlantic coast. It is one of the few sources of material on this subject.
Unfortunately and very disturbingly the author also spends too much time justifying many of the barbaric actions of the Third Reich. Thus, slave laborers become well paid and well nourished volunteers. The Russian government is given blame for the emaciated condition of Russian slaves while the fact that it was German practice to starve Russian POWs to death is not considered. The German occupation of Norway is considered benign while souvenir hunting by British troop is a barbaric act. Deutschland Uber Alles! One gets the feeling that the author is trying to justify the German generation of his father who was killed in WWII.
Despite the above comments I will probably take this book with me the next time I visit Europe.
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