- Shown below are E-books concerning the U-Boats Operations In Asia. (Click on the pdf icon to view the Ebooks)
U-Boat
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Location it was sunk
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U181
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03.05.50N, 100.41.50E
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U859
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05.49.254N, 100.02.466E
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U168
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06.20S,
111.28E
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U183
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04.57S,
112.52E
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U196
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06.20S, 111.28E
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U537
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07.13S,
115.17E
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U862
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03.05N,
100.8E
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U219
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06.31.00S, 104.54.08E
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1. The Penang submarines : Penang and submarine operations: 1942/45 by Dennis Gunton 
The first and only book that was comissioned by the City Council of Georgetown, Penang - Malaysia. It is also the ealiest book written about both Japanese , German & Italian submarines operating in Asia during WW2. This book talks extensively about Penang Island as the primary U-Boat base, which was shared with the Imperial Japanese Navy. The relationship between two different axis navies as well as the fate of every Gruppe Monsun - the operational name given to the German U-Boats are also discussed here along with a handdrawn map that details all the U-Boats that was sunk in Asia and enroute from Europe to Penang.
2. Haie im Paradies. Der deutsche U-Boot-Krieg in Asiens Gewässern 1943/45
The quoted book is the most important literature among printed sources dealing with WW2 monsun u-boats and German Far East bases. Originally it has been prepared by raider crew member named Fritz-Ludwig Dechow but in the end it has been published by Jochen Brennecke. The contents of the book is nearly 100% the same except for some minor mis-spells of names (such as Admiral Wennecker (= wrong) instead of Admiral Wenneker, or Cpt Ehrhardt (= wrong) instead of Cpt Erhardt). Unfortunately it contains a lot of navy "slang" of the '30s and '40s which is even for German language native speakers (young generation) difficult to read and understand nowadays. -- Reviewed by Axel Dörrenbach.
3. Die Abenteuer des letzten Kapers, Hilfskreuzer Thors Reise in die Katastrophe
This out of print book has over 200 pictures that chronicles the history of this german auxiliary cruiser from its journey in Germany all the way to its destruction in Japan. Self published by Heinz Tischer in 1983, this is the definitive illustration book on this cruiser.
4. Unter Nippons Sonne. Deutsche U-Boote, Blockadebrecher und Basen in Fernost
Kern des Buches ist die Geschichte des U-Bootes "U-843", weiterhin Berichte über Blockadebrecher und Versorgungsschiffe im fernen Osten, sowie die Zusammenarbeit mit dem damaligen verbündeten Japan. Sprache: Deutsch - von Egbert Thomer (Autor), Oskar Herwartz (Mitwirkende) Nach Aufzeichnungen und Berichten von Fregattenkapitän Oskar Herwartz. - Minden, Wilhelm Köhler Verlag, 1959.
5. Hitler’s Asian Adventure by the Horst H Geerken This book explores the often-overlooked history of the Third Reich’s strategic and military involvement in Asia, with a particular focus on the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia). Drawing on decades of research and firsthand accounts gathered while living in Indonesia, Geerken reveals the extent of Nazi Germany's operations in the region, including the establishment of secret naval bases and the activity of German U-boats in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
6. The actual Shonan booklet that was printed in Singapore The officers and men of the U-boats sailing out to the “Southern Region” were extensively informed about and prepared for what they could expect in the area. A Penang Booklet and a Shonan Booklet are still extant. The former was produced by the first commander of the Penang base, Captain Wolfgang Erhardt. Tolerance and loyalty towards their Japanese allies in spite of possible misunderstandings are emphasised several times. The Shonan booklet was printed in Singapore by the Japanese “Navy Printing Department, 104-110 Anson Road”.
7. Das Boot U 188: Der Bericht des Matrosen Anton Staller - Klaus Willmann The account of U 188's cruise from Lorient to Penang and Singapore and then back to Bordeaux is detailed from the perspective of crew member Anton Staller in the book "Das Boot 188 - der Bericht des Matrosen Anton Staller" by Klaus Willmann. The U-boat's log was captured by French resistance fighters in 1944 and handed to the British, the book contains a map of the cruise annotated in English.
