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Das Boot (The Boat)

by Lothar-Günther Buchheim

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Buchheim based the novel on his own patrol aboard the U-boat U-96 as a war correspondent in 1941.

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Das Boot (The Boat)

Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel follows the crew of a German U-boat on a patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic, drawn from his own time as a war correspondent aboard U-96 in 1941. It sold millions of copies and was translated into many languages.

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