Wilhelm Wolfslast

Wilhelm Wolfslast (born December 1, 1904 in Dortmund , † July 7, 1960 in Dortmund-Brackel ) was a German naval writer and book author.

Life

Wilhelm Wolfslast and his wife Martha (Wwe) are listed in the Dortmund address books from 1940 and 1960. In 1940 the Wolfslast couple lived in the east of Dortmund city center. Wilhelm Wolfslast listed "writer" as the job title. In 1960 both were registered in Dortmund-Wambel . After Wilhelm Wolfslast there was now the abbreviation "Dolm" instead of "Writer".

In January 1939 Wilhelm Wolfslast's book Der Seekrieg 1914–1918 was reviewed in the magazine Die Kriegsmarine by Fritz-Otto Busch (1890–1971). Busch, himself a well-known book author and chief editor of the Kriegsmarine magazine, wrote in the section Die Bücherkiste :

“The book is - you can say that with a clear conscience - the best comprehensive work in one volume that has ever appeared on the naval war. In spite of the fact that one has written enough books on the same subject, one has to admit it without envy. The author - his name is definitely not Wolfslast and is most likely an expert by great grace! - has given something here that anyone who, out of interest or profession, researches the connections and events of naval warfare, simply has to own. Yes, must! ... "

Although Fritz-Otto Busch as author and editor and Wilhelm Wolfslast as author even worked together in the 1950s for Arthur Moewig Verlag in Munich , this misjudgment by Busch has never been corrected. So it happened that over a period of years Fritz-Otto Busch was mistakenly assigned the pseudonym Wilhelm Wolfslast.

In the Westphalian Manuscript Archive in Dortmund there is a copy of the book Die Germanische Völkerwanderung , published in 1941, with a supplement signed by Wilhelm Wolfslast.

Many of Wilhelm Wolfslast's publications were illustrated in the 1940s and 1950s by the well-known marine painter Walter Zeeden (1891–1961).

So far nothing is known about the further life and work of Wilhelm Wolfslast.

Publications

Books

• The naval war 1914–1918, Leipzig 1938.
• Europe fights for England. Napoleon's struggle against British domination. Leipzig 1939.
• The Germanic Migration Period. Stuttgart 1941.
• The wars of Frederick the Great. Stuttgart 1941.
• The call of the sea. German sailors in 15 centuries. Berlin 1942.
• Prussia's fateful ways. Stuttgart 1942.
• Admiral Michael de Ruyter. Leipzig 1943
• Heroes of the sea. Volume 1. Explorers and Admirals. Berlin 1944.
• Among whales and pirates. Esslingen 1949.

ANKER books published by Moewig Verlag, Munich

• A tough sea bird. Paul Beneke. Sea hero of the Hanseatic era. Issue 7, Munich 1955.
• Five weeks of distress. British steamer City of Cairo. Issue 10, Munich 1955.
• The Flibustier Admiral. Sir Henry Morgan. Issue 11, Munich 1955.
• Breakthrough to Malta. British steamer Port Chalmers. Issue No. 16, Munich 1955.
• The tragedy of the first giant ship. British steamer Great Eastern. Issue 18, Munich 1955.
• The Trevessa shipwreck. British cargo steamer Trevessa. Issue 21 Munich 1955.
• 22 men against Tirpitz. British torpedo riders and micro-submarines. Issue 22, Munich 1955.
• A sailor of freedom. John Paul Jones. Issue 24. Munich 1955.
• Ship in focus. British aircraft carrier Ark Royal. Issue 28. Munich 1955.
• Struggle with no hope. Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter. Issue 31. Munich 1955.
• Mutiny in the Atlantic. Canadian barque Veronica. Issue 33. Munich 1956.
• Battle in the Mediterranean. Australian destroyer Stuart. Issue 35. Munich 1956
• The night battle at Savo Island. Australian heavy cruiser Canberra. Issue 45. Munich 1956.
• Submarine against submarine. American submarine Batfish. Issue 46. Munich 1956.
• One man, one boy and eleven mutineers. Canadian full ship Lennie. Issue 48. Munich 1956.
• From La Plata to the Java Sea. British heavy cruiser Exeter. Issue 53. Munich 1957.
• The boat that torpedoed itself. American submarine Tang. Booklet 61. Munich 1957.
• The battle at Bear Island. British destroyer Onslow. Issue 70. Munich 1958.
• Ready to ram! British destroyer Glowworm. Issue 74. Munich 1958
• The Battle of Trafalgar. British ship of the line Victory. Issue 77. Munich 1959.
• Torpedoed off Cape Town. British troop carrier Orcades. Issue 79. Munich 1959.
• The submarine dying on convoy HG 76. British escort vehicle Stork. Booklet 81. Munich 1959.
• Captain Walker's greatest achievement. British sloop starling. Issue 84. Munich 1959.
• Fighter in two world wars. British battleship Warspite. Issue 90. Munich 1960.
• The last battlecruisers in the Royal Navy. HMS Hood, Renown, Repulse. Issue 92. Munich 1960.
• The coup d'état on Saint-Nazaire. British destroyer Campbeltown. Issue 95. Munich 1960.

SOS booklets published by Moewig Verlag, Munich

• The Germans to the front! SM Big cruiser Hertha. Issue 157, Munich 1958.
• Battle for Ponape. SM Small cruiser Cormoran. Issue 164, Munich 1959

SOS special volumes published by Moewig Verlag, Munich

• Submarine dawn. Issue 1, Munich 1957.
• Duel in the Pacific. Issue 2, Munich 1957.
• Speed ​​boats ran! Volume 4, Munich 1958.
• Night of annihilation. Issue 7, Munich 1958.
• The great race. Issue 8, Munich 1958.
• Skagerrak. Issue 9, Munich 1958.
• From Coronel to Falklands. Issue 16, Munich 1959.
• Despite death and the devil. Issue 18, Munich 1959.
• The death journey of the convoy PQ 17. Heft 20, Munich 1959.
• Tsushima. Issue 22, Munich 1959.
• Ruler of the sea. Issue 26, Munich 1960.

Soldier stories in Moewig Verlag, Munich

• Battle on the Ugra. German soldiers lost in the Russian winter. Soldiers' stories booklet 2. Munich 1957.
• Guderian's decisive tank breakthrough. German tanks against the Maginot Line. Soldiers' Stories Booklet 18. Munich 1958.
• Storm on the Elbrus. German mountain troops on the highest peak of the Caucasus. Soldiers' stories booklet 29. Munich 1958.
• Until self-destruction. The Japanese submarines in World War II. Soldiers' Stories Special Volume 39. Munich 1960.
• Fight to the last grenade. The German battleships in World War II. Soldiers' Stories Special Volume 44. Munich undated

Der Landser in Pabel Verlag, Rastatt

• Storm on the Elbrus. Rastatt no year
• Nippon's gray wolves. The battle of Japanese submarines in the Pacific. Large band. Rastatt no year

literature

• Rüdiger von Ancken, Lars U. Scholl : The marine painter Walter Zeeden (1891–1961). Oceanum Verlag, Wiefelstede 2016, ISBN 978-3-86927-409-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Dortmund, population register, letter dated February 10, 2015
2. ^ Westfälisches Manschriftenarchiv Dortmund, signature Atg. 9659