Kranz:
Nazi carries more than a ideological load. Much more than Jap IMO. The submarines(u-boat) is a machine of war created to perpetuate the Nazi ideological load to the world. It does not matter who was manning the boat. It was a Nazi machine of war. Nazi u-boat is correct. It can not be much simpler than that. Men dead as a result of the Nazi war machine known as the u-boats. Negative connotations will proceed the u-boats for a long long time.

No, it was a Royal Mail Ship - a ship contracted to carry Royal Mail post. Losing our mail for 500 years.

Then it was a Royal Mail Ship crewed by neither royalty neither postmen :O:

I think we should finally put that PC crap to rest. Everybody should man up and stop whining and being offended by minor BS, we're not in a Kindergarten!
I can't believe this thread is still going.
Is Nazi sub a proper way to label the U-boat? Perhaps, I actually don't care much, they have been labelled Nazi this and Nazi that ever since WWII. Is it meant to catch attention? Yes, it is. Does it matter? Hell no!
So why don't we calm down?
Because some people want to catch attention just as badly as that headline!:/\\!!

:haha:

In the end, crewed by very little.

Thanks for simplifying my obtuse, overly scholarly and pedantic post:har:

Easy Schroeder! We're just hav'n fun and waitn' fer all the usual 'ranteurs' to check in.:k_confused: We closed/locked down the other 5 threads on this topic at 0100 this morning...so your up 80% on the situation already:har::up:

I heard they had a great band onboard :03:

did I?
I wrote 'Vets say Krauts' - why are German troops not replaced with Kraut troops?
following your logic it would be Nazi German submarine rather than Nazi Submarine (like with the camps - Nazi-German concentration camps)

How about von Stauffenberg? Was he a Nazi-plotter?

I didn't say it's incorrect. I admitted it appears as headlines etc. (like those posted by Neal).
Now, find me a historical book in which at least 50% of 'German xxx (where xxx means: gear or men) is replaced by 'Nazi xxx'

Why are all those Nazi war machines not called a Nazi Walther, a Nazi Panzerfaust, a Nazi helmet ?

I'm not shocked by a 'Nazi uboat' headline because I know it serves a certain purpose of causing stir.
Historical books seek for accuracy thereby they use German instead of Nazi.

I heard they were washed out.
:88)

Kranz, I am sure you realize most of the posts in this thread are in response to the OP. This is the one forum where you can discuss WW2 where everyone can make the distinction between a Nazi and a german just trying to survive. Most threads, even those discussing U-Boats, never even have the words Nazi posted.

But if someone is going to start a thread lecturing us that we should not use the word Nazi, especially in the GT :o, then all you will see is...


...NAZI, NAZI, NAZI, NAZI, etc. :arrgh!:

I honestly don't know why people get butthurt when a Uboat is called a "Nazi submarine".

Every sub theater has its fans, I understand this more then most. In the case of WW2 german subs, the facts are very clear.

- The flag flown from rear of the conning tower while in port was what?
- Said flag was a variation of the national flag of the day.
- Said U boats were part of the Kreigsmarine. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine )
- Said Uboat was NOT part of the Bundesmarine. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Navy )

To say it was a Nazi submarine, IS historically accurate, but as mentioned, it does not mean every man on board was a card carrying member of the Nazi party. And i'm sure after 12 pages, I am completely off topic, but I thought id toss in my 2 cents for the hell of it.

Why is everybody spelling Kriegsmarine wrong? :doh:
Steve where are you???:stare:
It's Krieg, not Kreig.
Krieg = war
Kreig = ? (doesn't exist)

then why is this 'historical accuracy' prevalent only in newspapers and popular science magazines?