Thanks :up:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

It is a shame you can't fly a flag on the U-Boat - I'd put that on mine! :lol:

Ref the procedure for re-instating the full flag - I'll give it a try and let you know - thanks! :)

--TangoShadow

No, but you can turn it into a Sub Emblem :up:

That reminds me; I've been searching for the Spanish Treasure Fleet for like two years in-game now, but still no luck. :( Blackbeard keeps eluding me too, and all the ships seem to be ironclads...

Try switching the radar on and moving near the surface near Spain, do it 20 times passing from north to south and he'll eventually appear and pillage and violate your entire crew, it does seriously damage their morale though just to warn you :-j

I think the US version of the game comes with the flag non edited. Somebody here made the point that german U-boats were out there in the name of Hitler and Nazi Germany. It should be noted that the vast majority of Germanys navy were not nazi's and were good sailors following orders in what they believed was defense of their country and way of life. Saying that all soliders and Sailors of Germany during WW2 were Nazi loyalists and fought for Hitler is the same as saying that every solider in the US milltary or UK milltary pledge their full support to Bush or Blair.

:yep: :yep: Clear example can be seen in the book "Iron Coffins" the typical party slogans were a mainstay of the army and Luftwaffe but were kept out of the Kriegsmarine by strong willed captains, they all saluted in the traditional hand to head way, however after an attempt was made on Hitler's life, they became much more nazi focused and were encouraged (near forced) to use the arm raised salute and heil Hitler, many of the crew hated this, with the exception of the youth brought up trained in Hitler youth camps and hosed in propaganda, some of them had no parents to look up to so worshipped the fuhrer.

Naval personnel were not permitted to join the Nazi Party. As you said though, some supported it. One example is Wolfgang Lüth. Excerpts from a speech he gave on leadership;

"They simply must not like it, just as a German man must not like a Jewess"

"We had on board the volume of the 1933 issues of the illustrated news magazine “Die Wochenschau�, a very good paper, which still showed in its first number of January 1933 many pictures of Jews....We hung pictures from this paper in our “show window� duty roster, and there were always interested spectators crowding around. To the right and left were added comments in red and blue pencil."

He also says how he would give talks to the crew about Hitler and "racial and population problems, all from the viewpoint of the struggle for the realization of the Reich"

http://www.uboatarchive.net/LuethLecture.htm

I think he must be one of the exceptions. I remember reading about a commander (might have been Cremer) who was sailing into port. He shouted up to the officers and men standing to greet them "Are the Nazi's still in power?". When told they were he ordered the engines put in reverse for a few minutes :D

All this from a flag question :huh:

Yeah you know...a simple question might degenerate into a flaming debate. Happens most of the time in the forums :yep: ..nothing new

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Hope no trolls are reading this.

P.S. Thanks for the advice, he eventually found me. I was able to put a torpedo into his ship but didn't dare engage him hand-to-hand.

Is that what this thread is about. Damn I must have taken a wrong turn :o

I still don't know why an enemy ship was flying the german flag. Either my WO is a saboteur and lied, or a British skipper tried a bit of deception!

When in doubt, Salvo!!! :up: