The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded 'the wolf of the Atlantic', and for good reason. In his dramatic wartime career he sank ship after ship, sowing terror among Allied convoys and dismay in those charged with their protection.

Kretschmer was a daring officer who favoured bringing his U-boat into the heart of the convoy and destroying it from within. He earned himself a tremendous reputation before his capture in March 1941, and The Golden Horseshoe makes it clear why.

Terence Robertson’s biography of the U-boat ace draws upon first-hand experience of conditions and the deadly game as the hunter sought to outfox the hunted. He paints a masterly portrait of life at sea and weaves in the fascinating story of Kretschmer and the exploits of his U-Boats. Kretschmer was eventually captured and interviewed by Captain McIntyre of HMS Walker, an episode which is also recounted in this book.

Otto Kretschmer became a prisoner of war in March 1941 and spent most of the rest of the war in Bowmanville camp, Canada, before his release in 1947.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• PREFACE
• AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER ONE - THE RING ROUND BRITAIN
• CHAPTER TWO - BATTLE STATIONS
• CHAPTER THREE - ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS
• CHAPTER FOUR - THE FRONT MOVES WEST
• CHAPTER FIVE - THE HAPPY TIME
• CHAPTER SIX - CONVOY H.X.72
• CHAPTER SEVEN - ONE TORPEDO, ONE SHIP
• CHAPTER EIGHT - HUNTER’S MOON
• CHAPTER NINE - HITLER’S GUEST
• CHAPTER TEN - ON LEAVE
• CHAPTER ELEVEN - THE “ACES” AT SEA
• CHAPTER TWELVE - TRAPPED
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN - THE SECRET MEETING
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN - WAR BEHIND BARS
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN - BOWMANVILLE
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN - WITH THE CREW
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - HOME PORT
• EPILOGUE
• APPENDIX A
• APPENDIX B
• APPENDIX C
• APPENDIX D
• APPENDIX E
• APPENDIX F
• INDEX