U-Boat Stories, by Karl Neureuther and Claus Bergen (Constable, 10s.),
is a collection of personal narratives by all ranks and ratings of their war experiences. The best of them are clear, simple stories of endurance, resource and daring. Many of the writers show some distaste for the active side of their work, but one and all are-convinced (it is difficult for an Englishman to judge whether too self-consciously) of its justi- fication through the effects of our blockade upon the German civilian population. Perhaps some of the indignant references to charges of resembling pirates prove that our propaganda was effective. Very interesting too are the traces to be found here and there of the organized rewards and penalties by which the higher command apparently sought to stimulate the efforts of the crews. The translation throughout is clumsy.
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