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Originally Posted by August
Well I know there's an understandable tendency around here to separate the U-boat service from the politics that sent them to sea but associating a machine with a cause or creed is done all the time. Not only was there such a thing as a nazi u-boat there were also such things as commie tanks, confederate cannon, samurai blades, falange machine guns and even a royal navy ship of the line or three.
Tools are just inanimate items until a hand wields them for a purpose. Combining the two is just a handy way of adding some context to their discussion.
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Originally Posted by Catfish
My opinion is that speaking of "NAZI" xyz stuff makes not much sense, and is unhistorical as well. It was ok as long as it was used for propaganda, but has no room in historically correct reports.
"Nazi" describes exactly what? A member of the Nazi party? All germans ? All soldiers? It is being used as a term for gremans at a certain time, so i guess there can be no Nazi after may, 1945? A lot of people did not believe Hitler, and another lot did. So are they all "Nazis"? What makes a "Nazi"?
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Originally Posted by Von Due
My main beef with the moniker "nazi uboat/tank/plane" etc is not really a matter of accuracy for the sake of accuracy but really all to the fact that there are voices speaking up here and there for all German made equipment to be destroyed, erased from history, for being "nazi equipment".
That would be a terrible mistake lest you plan on repeat history. It's short sighted and not at all a good idea to wipe out traces of history. To anyone who see the importance of keeping these artifacts, as a reminder, I won't mind calling these or hear them being called "nazi uboats". Like been said, it's a short for German WW2 hardware.
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It can be difficult to separate equipment from the country and it's policies that created them like the rest of you are saying. Most here are intelligent and insightful enough that we can admire the technical prowess that created sophisticated machines like the Me-262 or U-boats and yet sharply disagree with the Ideology and policies that put these machine to sea and air.
As technology progresses. I'm sure other U-boats will be found as well. Great read.
