Sea Raider Atlantis by Ulrich Mohr & A. V. Sellwood - 1974

New York City: Pinnacle Books, 1974. First Pinnacle printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. Good. 278, [1] pages. Illustrations. Note by Admiral Bernhard Rogge. Foreword by Armstrong White. Cover has some wear, soiling, tears and creases. An interesting first-person account of WWII naval action from the perspective of a German Captain's adjutant. Staying away from port for over 600 days then the crew's survival of sinking twice and rescue by U boat is an epic. What makes the story interesting is that the Atlantis was an "auxiliary merchant cruiser" or "commerce raider" whose role was to sink or capture enemy shipping, something like a latter-day privateer. In one of the best chosen epilogues of any war book, the captain of the Royal Navy ship responsible for the second sinking of the Atlantis' crew (himself a Victoria Cross winner) points out that what the ship was involved in is fundamentally unfair. This book is a great read its insight into the minds of… Read More

Los Angeles: Pinnacle Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Paperback. 0523409613 . 281 pp. Photos. Edgewear, corners rubbed. The account of a little-known side of the naval war of WWII. The Atlantis was part of the German Ghost Fleet, disguised commerce raiders. She sank 21 ships before being sent to the bottom in November 1941 by the HMS Devonshire. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .