Sepp de Giampietro Author

Hailing from the South Tyrolean village of Sterzing, Sepp de Giampietro joined the Wehrmacht in 1938 before moving into the Brandenburg Division. He served in the Balkans, the Eastern Front, then the Kuban before returning to his home village at the end of the war. Lawrence Paterson has written several books on the U-boat war, including _U-Boat War Patrol_, _Hitler's Grey Wolves_ and a new biography of Otto Kretschmer His latest book is _Hitler's Brandenburgers_. He lives in Taranto, Italy and is drummer in a heavy metal band.