Thank you, Dutch, for that thoughtful and nicely written post.
I'm glad you (and everyone else who has been kind enough to post, or just to read it)) seem to be enjoying the U-46 story, which began as a tentative first post on this excellent forum, and kind of got bigger as I embellished the tale of my own campaign in SHIII.
The Battle of the Atlantic was a brutal death struggle but was generally fought with more gallantry and chivalry by both sides than was certainly evident (again from all sides) than the land war. Being British myself, it goes against instinct to live the role of a German U-Boat Commander, but I too have great respect for the courage and resourcefulness of these men, not many who survived against ultimately suicidal odds. Despite the despicable regime they found themselves fighting for.
The attraction of submarine sims, and this era and game in particular, is not just the history, and not the nationality, but the sense of being the underdog basically on your own and living on your wits against a greater enemy.
Of course the Germans weren't the ruthless automatons they are so often portrayed as. They were generally very young men with the same hopes, fears, faults and humour as anybody else.
So I'm glad, if nothing else, if I have added a bit of human colour to the gaming experience of SHIII.
Kind regards to all, LS
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