Description Though he entered combat late in May 1942, Carl Emmermann sank twenty-six Allied ships in only four combat Patrols while commanding U-172, becoming the thirteenth most successful U-Boat commander of the war.
With his brother, he created three WWII museums in France..
Specializing in German submarines in France, he is the French correspondent for the U-Boat Archive, Cuxhaven.
About the author Luc Braeuer, born in Paris in 1970, is a computer engineer and officer in the reserve.
This biography details all WWII Patrols by U-172 and features over 230 images and maps.
Later in Germany, he became the new sub-specialist for the Type XXIII U-boat, and in the last months of the war, commanded a marine battalion in defense of Hamburg.
Nazaire, France, to command the Kriegsmarine\'s 6th U-Boat Flotilla.
Awarded the Knight\'s Cross with Oak Leaves in 1944, Emmermann was ordered at St.
On its sixth patrol under a different commander, U-172 would later be sunk in December 1943.
U-172\'s third patrol to Cape Town would be its longest with 131 days at sea, where it added eight vessels to its list of successes in this sector; the first sinkings in this area for the U-Boat service.
U-172, a Type IXC U-boat, saw non-stop action throughout the Atlantic, during its four Patrols under Emmermann.
Description Though he entered combat late in May 1942, Carl Emmermann sank twenty-six Allied ships in only four combat Patrols while commanding U-172, becoming the thirteenth most successful U-Boat commander of the war
