FIPS: LEGENDARY U-BOAT COMMANDER 1915-1918

The autobiography of Werner Furbringer, the Great War U-boat captain, is a classic in Germany. This is the first-ever English translation of this extraordinary memoir of one of the most successful U-boat commanders in World War I Fips became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders in the First World War through a blend of skill, daring and, by his own typically modest admission, sheer luck. This vivid memoir, never before published in English, makes compelling reading.This is an inspiring and chivalrous story; it is ironic then that, when finally sunk by the Royal Navy off the East Coast of England, Fips was machine-gunned in the water, contrary to repeated Government denials of such behaviour.