[Kaleu_Mihoo]

If one frustrated maler hadn't got ambitions to conquer the world, the captain of the destroyer didn't need to drop the charges at all. It's as simply as that. And the young man would be at home in Germany, with their families, girlfriends etc. The purpose of a destroyer was to sink subs to prevent sinking more of your ships in the name of the maler. The captain probably only wanted to make sure the sub is sinking and was not only damaged, so calling this "murder" is only a small step away from considering those sailors "victims" of the war, which is a ridiculous tendency you can see for some time past.