It is WWII and the Germans have developed have a weapon that can destroy the British navy. German U-boats can launch a magnetic torpedo with a Wotan warhead which break even battleships. This deadly weapon can sink any British vessel with just one torpedo. To counter the damage, the Brits must capture a U-boat and unravel its secrets. This is the story of that effort and the capture of the caputure of such a ship labeled. Fortunately, the British have remarkably accurate radio direction enabling them to locate German ships. The trouble is that one man stands between the British and the U-boat. He has been labeled as a coward by the Fatherland, but can he be a hero?

Otto Kretschmer and Bernard Anders are two fascinating characters. The opening pages demonstrate that even Germans show compassion when a U-boat encounters a lifeboat by the cry of a child. Supplies and a compass are dropped into the boat and a child wishes them Merry Christmas. Yes, this is a story of German sailors and officers which illustrates the dedication to orders from their superiors and the care for human life that some Germans demonstrate for others.

This is a good, good story based on actual people, events and places with a considerable amount of detail about German submarines. One reviewer sums the story: âU-700 is an account of the surrender of a U-boat (actually U-570) to an RAF Hudson during World War II and the subsequent illegal court martial of the U-boat's first officer by his fellow officers in a POW camp.â

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