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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
Didn't the U-boat arm claim to be no part of Nazi Gemany?
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In the Iron Coffins and a few other books of the period they do claim that U-Boat crews had nothing to do with the Nazis. That's of course not true. They had as much to do with the Nazi party as any other part of the German Army or the German people (with the exeption of the SS obviously). Some of them (like Luth) were die-hard Nazis were others did not support them. In general though they did tolerate them and up to a point agreed with them. Obviously after Germany entered the war all this became accademic. Their country was at war so there was no question about not doing their bst for the final victory or fight until the bitter end. Thet of course doesn't make them criminals but they share the same level of responsibility like the rest of the German people for what happen in 1939-1945.