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don1reed · 10-02-06, 07:35 AM

Hi, Nightcrawler.

You pose an interesting question...my take on it. During the 30's many of the young merchant marine officers gravitated over to the Kriegsmarine, i.e. G.Prien, and as you know, the merchant service to any nation is for import/export; but, due to the nazi occupation of Europe shortly after the war began, it curtailed the need for merchant vessels as the comodoties were easily at hand overland.(oil, food, resources)

Hitler was able to instill patriotic ferver into the young through his speeches, the German people were desparately looking for a strong leader after WW1 and the treaty of Versaille. During the 20's Germany was not a very pleasant place.

10-02-06, 07:35 AM	#2
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Hi, Nightcrawler. You pose an interesting question...my take on it. During the 30's many of the young merchant marine officers gravitated over to the Kriegsmarine, i.e. G.Prien, and as you know, the merchant service to any nation is for import/export; but, due to the nazi occupation of Europe shortly after the war began, it curtailed the need for merchant vessels as the comodoties were easily at hand overland.(oil, food, resources) Hitler was able to instill patriotic ferver into the young through his speeches, the German people were desparately looking for a strong leader after WW1 and the treaty of Versaille. During the 20's Germany was not a very pleasant place. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell Last edited by don1reed; 10-02-06 at 07:44 AM.