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Originally Posted by UKönig
I agree!
I can't personally explain the appeal of the U-boat and the Atlantic war, except that maybe in a past life....
In any event, I grew up in a Navy family and my hometown of Halifax was heavily involved in operations against the Germans, in both world wars. For me, I take a kind of 'perverse pleasure' in fighting for the other side, as it were.
I said before a few years ago that in NS, we were raised to regard the Germans as traditional enemies, not with outright hatred exactly, but with extreme distrust, so for me, joining the virtual Kriegsmarine is a stab at that animosity. As is my half-German wife.
Like most of us here on this forum, we seem to have an unhealthy devotion to the subject matter, and as such, I try to write my patrols into quasi-sounding real life events, because it is so involving.
Just my 2 bits.
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Our families are not that far apart. My parents are from Newfoundland, but I was born and raised in Toronto, but not living in the city since my teens. Don't miss the city and am much happier in a town west of T.O.
During WW1 my great grandfather was in the Royal Navy, in WW2 his son was in the merchant marine. I agree with your sentiments, it does seem strange to be sailing for the other side, but it is only pixelated mayhem we commit. No kittens are harmed during our fun.