V.E. Tarrant can be relied on to write something worth reading, particularly when he tackles naval subjects and The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine: May 1944 - May 1945 is no exception. Make no mistake, this is a book about disaster following disaster: the sinking of Tirpitz, the loss of the Atlantic ports, the inability to get the Type XXI into combat service, the desperate secret (and essentially suicidal) mini-submarine projects all feature in the last 12-months of the war.

Of interest to SH fans are the account of the final U-Boat offensives, the Inshore Campaign, starting in August 1944 against the UK with snorkel-equipped Type VII's and the new Type XXIII Electro-Boats. Also the surface actions of the S-Boat flotiillas along the Channel coast recieve treatment, perhaps for the first time in English. The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine is worth a look by anybody interested in how a modern navy dies.

Just got the first three books of the Aubrey–Maturin series for christmas. About half way threw the first book, and am loving it.

Out the window?

Sorry, couldn't resist. :oops:

BTW Steve, in your signature from which album is this song comes?, I think I had it on vinyl, really cool..

:DL oops... oh well it's the public education system at work :D

Full Moon Fever

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Which song are we talking about? Everything on our website is our own stuff.

Oh. After listening to clips from that album I got to "Won't Back Down" and realized you were talking about the quote. :oops: :damn: :rotfl2:

Thanks, :DL

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@ Sailor Steve...duh :doh:

j\k :D

Why you tell me that? I are not drain-bamaged. :88)

Not necessarily reading at the mo, but available on the bookshelf in my toilet are, in no particular order:

Londons Lost Riverscape
Tintin vol 7 - Herge
Men of Dunwich - Rowland Parker
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
Classic Haiku
Japanese Homes - Edward S Morse
Men of Steel - Michael Reynolds
Dilbert: Still Pumped from using the Mouse
Mouseguard: Winter 1152
The Freak Brothers omnibus

And I do thoroughly recommend a toilet bookshelf . . . . :D

I'm jealous. My powder room is barely big enough to powder in... if a major transaction is going to take place I have to carry my book of choice in there and bring it out again when I'm done. :stare: :O:

First Book i am reading right now is:
"Fackeln über dem Atlantik: Lebensbericht eines U-Boot-Kommandanten" (English Release Title: The Odyssey of a U-boat Commander)
by Erich Topp

The next one, i will read is:
"Nach Kompaß: Die Erinnerungen des Kommandanten von U-68"
byKarl-Friedrich Merten
Translation: By compass: The autobiography from the CO of U-68

If you'd care to translate this for us, it would be very much appreciated - I can't afford €80 - €100 :wah:

Ok would be no Problem, but i can start with the Translation not before february because i have to go thru some seroius medical treatments for the rest of january.
So i would translate it and put it for download at my Rapidshare account.
Would that be ok for you?