Heinz-Wilhelm Eck
Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair
by Dwight R. Messimer
teaches history at San Jose State University and is the author of several titles, including
The Merchant U-boat (Annapolis, 1988)
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This article was published on 28 Mar 1998.
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck
Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair - Read about one of the most interesting events of the U-boat of WWII when Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U-852 ordered the wreck of the torpedoed merchant Peleus destroyed with machine-gun fire. - Read about one of the most interesting events of the U-boat of WWII when Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U-852 ordered the wreck of the torpedoed merchant Peleus destroyed with machine-gun fire. - Read about one of the most interesting events of the U-boat of WWII when Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U-852 ordered the wreck of the torpedoed merchant Peleus destroyed with machine-gun fire. - Read about one of the most interesting events of the U-boat of WWII when Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U-852 ordered the wreck of the torpedoed merchant Peleus destroyed with machine-gun fire. - Read about one of the most interesting events of the U-boat of WWII when Heinz-Wilhelm Eck of U-852 ordered the wreck of the torpedoed merchant Peleus destroyed with machine-gun fire. Go to the front page of |
Operational Necessity, An
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Books dealing with this subject include
 An Operational Necessity. Griffin, Gwyn, 1999. (transl.)
Silent Hunters. Savas, Theodore P. (editor), 1997. (transl.)
Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The Peleus Trial). Cameron, John (editor), 1948.
 Verdammter Atlantik. Herlin, Hans, 1994. (transl.)
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