To the Last Salute

The Sound of Music endeared Georg von Trapp and his family to the world, and it also showed 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.

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth M. Campbell is the granddaughter of Georg von Trapp. A graduate of Middlebury College, she is the director of advancement at the Cotting School in Lexington, Massachusetts. Campbell lives outside Boston. Klappentext Elizabeth M. Campbell is the granddaughter of Georg von Trapp. A graduate of Middlebury College, she is the director of annual giving and communications at the Cotting School in Lexington, Massachusetts. Campbell lives outside Boston with her two children and their dog. Describes life as captain of Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty observer of international politics, and indefatigable and heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. This title offers a combination of human interest, and life-and-death adventure. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Meet the Real Captain von TrappThe World of To the Last Salute1. Between the Islands2. U-Boats Mobilized3. Léon Gambetta4. Letters5. Envy6. Trip to the Hinterland7. The Bomb Exploded8. Poor Austrians!9. Giuseppe Garibaldi10. Nereide11. The Prize12. Gasoline Stupor13. America Bluffs14. The First Depth Charges15. Heroes16. Curie17. The Oil Spill18. Deck Paint19. Bypassing the Official Channels20. Unrestricted U-Boat War21. Reconstruction in the Arsenal22. The First Steamers23. Transmission of Orders24. Fog25. The Two Greeks26. Salute to Africa27. One Comes, the Other Goes28. Gjenovic29. Otranto30. Loot31. Entertainment on Board32. U-Boat Trap33. Sheet Lightning34. Bravo, Bim!35. Autumn Journey36. Internal Duty37. Intermezzo38. In the East39. The Fire Goes Out40. Durazzo41. To the Last SaluteNotes

Zusammenfassung
Describes life as captain of Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty observer of international politics, and indefatigable and heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. This title offers a combination of human interest, and life-and-death adventure.

Inhalt

List of IllustrationsPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Meet the Real Captain von TrappThe World of To the Last Salute1. Between the Islands2. U-Boats Mobilized3. Léon Gambetta4. Letters5. Envy6. Trip to the Hinterland7. The Bomb Exploded8. Poor Austrians!9. Giuseppe Garibaldi10. Nereide11. The Prize12. Gasoline Stupor13. America Bluffs14. The First Depth Charges15. Heroes16. Curie17. The Oil Spill18. Deck Paint19. Bypassing the Official Channels20. Unrestricted U-Boat War21. Reconstruction in the Arsenal22. The First Steamers23. Transmission of Orders24. Fog25. The Two Greeks26. Salute to Africa27. One Comes, the Other Goes28. Gjenovic29. Otranto30. Loot31. Entertainment on Board32. U-Boat Trap33. Sheet Lightning34. Bravo, Bim!35. Autumn Journey36. Internal Duty37. Intermezzo38. In the East39. The Fire Goes Out40. Durazzo41. To the Last SaluteNotes