About the Author

Lawrence Paterson has written eleven non-fiction histories of Germany's Second World War U-boat service, inspired largely by his lifelong interest in the Second World War and working as a Scuba instructor, diving the wartime wrecks off France.

When not writing, Lawrence tours with the heavy metal band, Raven Lord, as their drummer.

Reviews

Nearly forty German submarines, the vaunted U-boats, were sent to the Indian Ocean in the summer of 1943. Little is known and less has been written about this aspect of WWII. But if this Nazi venture into that war theatre had succeeded, it might have dramatically changed the course of Rommel's battle in North Africa, potentially leading to a German victory there. Hitler's Gray Wolves tells the story of that largely unknown campaign.
--Philip Kaplan, author of Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939-1945 This is an informative, engaging book about an inherently interesting topic which Paterson has also filled with many entertaining flourishes and intriguing sidelights. --Stone & Stone I do recommend this book for its comprehensiveness, readability, ...the detailed character portraits of the major players and the implied tribute it pays to brave men who gave so much for almost nothing and, mostly, got scant thanks for it.
--The Naval Review A well-written, straightforward narrative with numerous original photographs.--The Journal of Military History The author clearly knows his subject well. --Nautical Magazine