U-Boat Far from Home

The most comprehensive account of Germany's plans for an underwater offensive against the southern continent in World War II.

David Stevens (Author) : David Stevens is a former naval officer who served for twenty years in the Royal Australian Navy. On retiring from the RAN in 1994 he was appointed Director of Naval Historical Studies within the Department of Defence (Navy).

Illustrations, maps, diagrams and tablesAcknowledgmentsTable of equivalentsGerman, British and American rank equivalentsGlossaryPreface1 Unterseeboot 8622 Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Timm3 Die U-Boot-Fahrer4 Group Monsun5 Erste Feindfahrt6 Paukenschlag7 Flieger! Flieger!8 Penang und Shonan9 Die Australien Operation10 U 537 und U 19611 Zweite Feindfahrt12 Sechte Kriegsweinacht13 Neuseeland14 SS Peter Silvester15 LubeckEpilogueAppendix 1: U 862Appendix 2: German U-boats allocated to the Far EastNotesBibliographyIndex