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tomfon · 07-26-09, 09:10 AM

So i war reading the pdf and, in particular, the last paragraphs of the chapter, "Uboat Crews". There, the author gives an example of disobedience on behalf of a Uboat Commander in order to describe the fact that, despite certain Uboat commanders the vast majority of commanders, officers and sailors who served in the Ubootwaffe weren't loyal to the Nazi regime. Here is this small but real - according to the author - incident:

U-564 was entering the port guided by its commander. As the Uboat approached the quayside where various dignitaries/officers were present to celebrate the Uboat's return, its commander KptLeutn. Suhren called out:

- Are the Nazi's still in power?
When someone replied "Yes", Suhren ordered, "Full Astern".

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tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	So i war reading the pdf and, in particular, the last paragraphs of the chapter, "Uboat Crews". There, the author gives an example of disobedience on behalf of a Uboat Commander in order to describe the fact that, despite certain Uboat commanders the vast majority of commanders, officers and sailors who served in the Ubootwaffe weren't loyal to the Nazi regime. Here is this small but real - according to the author - incident: U-564 was entering the port guided by its commander. As the Uboat approached the quayside where various dignitaries/officers were present to celebrate the Uboat's return, its commander KptLeutn. Suhren called out: - Are the Nazi's still in power? When someone replied "Yes", Suhren ordered, "Full Astern". __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan "You don't even care. That's how much an impact the three-point shot has and it's evidenced by how everybody plays... There's no basketball anymore, there's no beauty in it. It's pretty boring. But it is what it is and you need to work with it." - Greg Popovich Mods for SH3