The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies.

In reality, the history is unsurprisingly more complicated than that — as are the humans who waged the war.

In his latest book, “ Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War ‚” eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse peers deeper into the historiography to deliver a full, first-hand account of the German U-boat war and the men who waged it. The book officially released in the U.S. on Tuesday.

Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to dispel myths, discuss the rampant fungal and sexually transmitted infections that plagued the Kriegsmarine and explain why he pushed back on being called a “military historian.”

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