To the last salute : memories of an Austrian U-Boat commander /

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Author / Creator:Trapp, Georg von, 1880-1947.
Uniform title:Bis zum letzten Flaggenschuss. English
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 192 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11153253
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ISBN:9780803206380
0803206380
9780803246676
0803246676
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).
Translated from the German.
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Summary:The Sound of Music endeared Georg von Trapp (1880-1947) and his singing family to the world, and it also showed us how desperately the Nazis wanted Captain von Trapp for their navy. In To the Last Salute we learn why. Trapp's own story of his exploits as a submarine commander during the First World War is as exciting as it is instructive, bringing to stirring life a little-known chapter in the naval history of that war.
Other form:Print version: Trapp, Georg von, 1880-1947. Bis zum letzten Flaggenschuss. English. To the last salute. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803246676 0803246676
Review by Booklist Review

Captain von Trapp's narrative of his wartime U-boat exploits has lurked in German and French for generations and now finds an adequate translator into English in one of his granddaughters. He almost certainly always tried to put his best foot forward, and he emerges from his account as a man of great skill, considerable compassion (even for his victims), and sufficient tact and tolerance to handle the kind of polyglot crews that sailed for the Dual Monarchy. In two submarines, the antique U-5 and the French prize, U-14, he became the highest scoring Austro-Hungarian submariner, despite equipment that was sometimes more dangerous to him and his men than to the enemy. He fought on to the end, knowing that the Dual Monarchy he served so well was crumbling. In the end, he gave the last salute of the title when the imperial flag was hauled down for the last time. Appealing to von Trapp family admirers, of course, and also to naval buffs, regardless of how they respond to music. --Roland Green Copyright 2007 Booklist

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