Shooting the War: The Memoir and Photographs of A U-Boat Officer in World War II (Bluejacket Books)

The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope. It begins with the dawn of World War II, while the author is a junior officer on board the ocean liner SS Columbus, and continues through his confinement in a British prisoner-of-war camp after the war. This book showcases more than one hundred high-quality photographs taken by Giese throughout his wartime service to present a unique historical overview Interspersed among tales of hardship and loss are colorful, anecdotes that relay the camaraderie surrounding plots to escape detention at Angel Island the unlikely processing of German seamen at Ellis Island, and Giese's experiences policing guerrilla warfare in the Malayan jungle. He greets the incongruous movements of war with equanimity and offers an unwavering assessment of the dictates of duty.

The war diary of Otto Giese, a German U-boat officer, recounts his seafaring career during and after WWII. Giese began the war as a junior officer on the ocean liner Columbus, and was later captured by the British in the Malayan jungle. Giese provides details of daily life at sea and offers anecdotes about blockade running, plotting escapes on Angel Island, and processing German seamen at Ellis Island. Some 100 high-quality b&w photos taken by Giese during the war are included. Information on Wise is not given. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The war diary of Otto Giese, a German U-boat officer, recounts his seafaring career during and after WWII. Giese began the war as a junior officer on the ocean liner Columbus , and was later captured by the British in the Malayan jungle. Giese provides details of daily life at sea and offers anecdot