The Odyssey of A U-Boat Commander: Recollections of Erich Topp (Hardcover)

Preface The Sinking of the Reuben James The Political Dimension The Human Dimension Before the War Childhood and Adolescence Basic Infantry Training Nautical Apprenticeship on the Gorch Fock Midshipman on the Karlsruhe Participation in the Spanish Civil War Early U-Boat Days War A Retrospective Assessment Executive Officer, U 46 Commanding Officer, U 57 Commanding Officer, U 552 Commander, 27th U-Boat Flotilla The End of the War Commanding Officer, U 2513 After the War The Fate of a Family Ordinary Seaman Studying Architecture Freelance Architect West German Navy Industry Consultant Epilogue Index