(no disrespect to the Brits) This is one of my favorite U-Boat stories. I can only imagine what it was like to be in the control room of the U-9:Kaleun_Periskop: Three cruisers:o!

:salute:Thanks.

*zynism on*
Exactly! Therefore we should tear down all US Cemeteries here in Europe and build Houses on the land for they who have more needs.
You can do your rememberance over there at your place, so there is no need for US Military Cemeteries in Europe at all.
*zynism off*

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Well, since you intend to indulge in pathetic, straw-man, kindergarten hyperbole, I will leave you to it...

So the difference between a war grave that must be respected and a chunk of metal ready to be salvaged is a buying contract....:hmmm:
No, sorry I really can't see the difference.

On the other hand I can understand where you are coming from, but it still seems wrong to me. Just gut feeling.

I just put your own words in a bit harsher ones, i just had the guts to speak out what your thinking was!

No the difference is patriotism and rememberence is only allowed to americans, thats why a bombed Battleship is a national shrine and three RN Ships are just a Pile of junk!
And then they are wondering themselves why almost 95% on this Planet hates them.

Then you should also imagine what it was like to be the same captain, in the control room of U-29, when that boat was run over and squashed like a bug by 18,000 tons of HMS Dreadnought. :O: :dead:

Let us not stray into the realms of insults and name calling please...we are all better than that.

TIA

Did you hear something? Crunch.
It was over pretty quick I imagine for them.

If I recall, did the Dreadnought hit them midships?

I forgot, U-29's engine had died and they couldn't move.:dead:

I don't know, my view is that this is not unlike the old practice of 'clearing' graveyards for new use; a common practice up until the 19th Century. It can be considered a desecration, or it can be thought of as forward-looking and utilitarian. Ultimately, it is only the living that squabble about it; the dead don't really care one way or another.

Guts? What guts did it take to anonymously insult someone? That's not guts, that's the very definition of cowardice.

My point exactly. Provided any human remains are treated with due respect and re-interred with honour, the ships themselves are really so much scrap. Valuable and useful scrap at that.

Well, yes and no. I can completely understand your point and agree with it. However, I have no connection with those that died there. I probably wouldn't be crazy about somebody doing the same with the graves of my parents, so I can see the other side as well. It all depends on your perspective.