Ebook: Germany's Last Mission to Japan : the Failed Voyage of U-234
Author: Scalia Joseph Mark
- Tags: U 234 (Submarine), World War 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine., Blockade., World War 1939-1945 -- Naval operations German., World War 1939-1945 -- Transportation., Germany -- Military relations -- Japan., Japan -- Military relations -- Germany., HISTORY -- Europe -- Western., Military operations Naval -- German., Military operations Naval -- Submarine., Military relations., Transportation., Germany., Japan.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: New York, Germany--Japan., Japan--Germany., Japan., Germany
- Language: English
- epub
When U-234 slipped out of a Norwegian harbor on her maiden voyage in March 1945, the submarine carried a precious assortment of armaments and a select group of officials destined for Japan. En route came word that Germany had surrendered, and the boat's commander, Johann Heinrich Fehler, suddenly found himself in a rogue submarine. U-234 was not only loaded with the most technically advanced weaponry and electronic Read more...
Abstract: When U-234 slipped out of a Norwegian harbor on her maiden voyage in March 1945, the submarine carried a precious assortment of armaments and a select group of officials destined for Japan. En route came word that Germany had surrendered, and the boat's commander, Johann Heinrich Fehler, suddenly found himself in a rogue submarine. U-234 was not only loaded with the most technically advanced weaponry and electronic detection devices of the era, but also two Japanese naval officers still at war with the Allies who preferred death to surrender. This dramatic account of the fateful voyage of