In the early morning hours of October 24; 1944; the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface; while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air ran out; some of the crew made a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end; just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived.But the survivors were beginning a far greater ordeal. After being picked up by the Japanese; they were sent to an interrogation camp known as the “Torture Farm.†When they were liberated in 1945; they were close to death; but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese; including the greatest secret of World War II.With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers; Alex Kershaw brings to life this incredible story of survival and endurance.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One of the best studies of Nazi Germany leadership by one of the ...By ELTOne of the best studies of Nazi Germany leadership by one of the greatest historians of this time periodI definitely recommend Hannah Arendt's pieces to further the studies in the "banality of evil" that this book often discusses0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the face of the third reichBy jjmGave an over simplified view of top Nazi members. Still it was interesting read11 of 13 people found the following review helpful. A rogues' galleryBy ct readerThis is a compendium of Nazis (`Hitler;' `Practitioners' -Göring; Goebbels; Heydrich; Himmler; Bormann; Röhm; `Functionaries' -von Papen; Rosenburg; Ribbentrop; Hess; Speer; Frank; von Shirach; General; Professor; Wife; Höß) published in 1970. It's well worth reading; but not up to the author's subsequent excellent work (`Hitler' 1973; `Speer' 2001).Most problematic in literary terms is discontinuous menagerie of disjointed; vain; and often incompetent rivals. It's not an easy read. On reflection; that's accurately indicative of the compartmentalized ruthless jealousy under the führerprizip. Readers seeking cohesiveness between principal figures beware: there was little or none.Taken individually; this is an interesting and enlightening analysis of villains (a dictionary of blackguards). Nothing more.Also recommended:GM Gilbert's `Nüremberg Diary'JK Galbraith's `Name-Dropping'
