Red Star Under the Baltic

Red Star Under the Baltic

by Victor Korzh

"A Soviet Submariner in World War II"

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Red Star Under the Baltic Book Details

War:

World War II

Perspective:

Submarines

Military Unit:

Red Army

True Story:

Yes

Biography:

Yes

Region:

Europe

Published Date:

2009

ISBN13:

9780811735568

Red Star Under the Baltic Book Description

Soviet version of the classic German U-boat story Das Boot Graphic and humane record of service on a submarine Submarines were uninviting enough, with dank, claustrophobic conditions and little hope of escape if disaster struck, and the relatively shallow waters of the Baltic only compounded the dangers. That's where Soviet submariner Viktor Korzh served, hunting and sinking German shipping. His memoir unfolds as a heart-pounding series of nonstop action, sonar pings, depth-charge concussions, and constant underwater peril. Somehow Korzh and his comrades survived their frightful ordeal and witnessed the victory over the Germans.