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Contents List of Illustrations . . . vii Preface . . . ix Acknowledgments . . . xi Introduction: Meet the Real Captain von Trapp . . . xiii The World of To the Last Salute . . . xxiii 1. Between the Islands . . . 1 2. U-Boats Mobilized . . . 4 3. Léon Gambetta . . . 11 4. Letters . . . 26 5. Envy . . . 30 6. Trip to the Hinterland . . . 32 7. The Bomb Exploded . . . 35 8. Poor Austrians! . . . 36 9. Giuseppe Garibaldi . . . 39 10. Nereide . . . 41 11. The Prize . . . 52 12. Gasoline Stupor . . . 55 13. America Bluffs . . . 60 14. The First Depth Charges . . . 61 15. Heroes . . . 63 16. Curie . . . 65 17. The Oil Spill . . . 67 18. Deck Paint . . . 77 19. Bypassing the Official Channels . . . 84 20. Unrestricted U-Boat War . . . 89 21. Reconstruction in the Arsenal . . . 90 22. The First Steamers . . . 94 23. Transmission of Orders . . . 100 24. Fog . . . 103 25. The Two Greeks . . . 107 26. Salute to Africa . . . 111 27. One Comes, the Other Goes . . . 112 28. Gjenović . . . 116 29. Otranto . . . 123 30. Loot . . . 128 31. Entertainment on Board . . . 137 32. U-Boat Trap . . . 141 33. Sheet Lightning . . . 149 34. Bravo, Bim! . . . 153 35. Autumn Journey . . . 155 36. Internal Duty . . . 163 37. Intermezzo . . . 166 38. In the East . . . 167 39. The Fire Goes Out . . . 171 40. Durazzo . . . 180 41. To the Last Salute . . . 183 Notes . . . 189 vi CONTENTS ...

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