Hilfskreuzers
 

Anyone else here as fascinated by the history of Kriegsmarine Auxiliary cruisers as I am and think their story would make an epic naval sim? Being able to captain Kormoran, Pinguin, Michael Etc? I know it’s a rather obscure facet of WWII naval history but what the raiders were able to accomplish was amazing. I mean Kormoran was a 8700 GRT freighter than destroyed HMS Sydney, a light cruiser. Thor survived three encounters with British Armed Merchant Cruisers.

I highly recommend anyone interested in Kriegsmarine history, who isn’t familiar, to delve into it. It’s about the only thing that trumps my interest in U-Boats.