Grey Wolf, Grey Sea

by E.B. Gasaway and Elizabeth Blanchard Gasaway

Book Overview

The inside story of life aboard the deadly Nazi U-Boat that sank forty-nine ships. The history of one of World War II's most successful submarines, U-124, is chronicled in Grey Wolf, Grey Sea, from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345338170
• ISBN13: 9780345338174
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great submarine book

I read this book back in 1983 and found it to be an incredibly engaging account of U-124's exploits during World War II. Even 25+ years later, it still stands as one of the best books on submarine warfare I've ever read. Great description of life aboard a submarine, as well as some excellent combat narrative. I'd greatly recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about the German U-boats in World War II, or submarine warfare in general.

ABOARD THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-124 IN WORLD WAR II

The book I have in my library is the .95 cent Ballantine War Book published June, 1970, having terrific cover art, with a foreward by Gross Admiral Karl Donitz, Commander German Submarine Operations in World War II. I have several of these old Ballantine War paperbacks from the 1960s & 70's and treasure each and every one. This book not only describes life and combat aboard the U-124 but is also the story of "her celebrated commander, Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr". The U-124 had a short lived history but was able to sink 49 ships for a total tonnage of 226,949, as such is listed as the "third most successful of all the hundreds of Axis and Allied submarines" operating in World War II. While most Ballantine War books have maps, this one does not, however, the book does have 8 pages of photographs. The book is additionally based on official German records in conjunction with first person "recollections" of men who served on board the U-124. If you have any interest in WWII German U-Boats, this book will need to be on your shelf along side others such as IRON COFFINS, THE U-BOAT PERIL, and BATTLE BENEATH THE WAVES. Recommended. Semper Fi.

Major Goof by Publisher!

This is a reprint by a publisher by the name of "E-Reads". The paper quality is much better than the original edditional by "Balentine", and this is why I bought it. The binding quality of the original edition was very poor and the pages are now showing significant deteriation after 35 years on the shelf. However, although the new eddition is of better paper quality, the wonderful photographs of the original are now missing. What a pitty. What is very disturbing is the new publisher's blurb on the copyright page. It states that: "The book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locals or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental." This is NONSENSE! These characters and events are real and flys in the face of what is stated in the following "Acknowledgements" pages by the author. I hope the author gets an appollogy from this publisher. This is an excellent story, well researched, and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in World War II submarine history. (5 Stars in spite of the publisher's slanderous comment).

Grey Wolf, Grey Sea

Interesting book about attacks and day to day life of U-124.

A good Read from the German point of view

I found this little jewel at a used book store. I couldn't help but cheer for the Germans as they faced the periles of life & war on a U-boat. The book reads like the film 'Das Boot,' in fact as I understand it 'Das Boot' was based on the story of the U-124.