History is written by the victor

Penguin · 12-09-10, 09:35 AM

You may want to check out about Oskar Kusch:
http://www.ijnhonline.org/volume1_nu..._uboat.doc.htm
http://www.uboat.net/men/kusch.htm
(Prost to Oskar, who stayed a thinking man!)

Kusch's fate may have inspired Buchheim for the person of the 1.WO in Das Boot
Even if the approach towards nazi ideology may have seem a little more lax on an u-boat, there were no branches of the forces taht were an island in the brown swamp.

12-09-10, 09:35 AM	#7
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	You may want to check out about Oskar Kusch: http://www.ijnhonline.org/volume1_nu..._uboat.doc.htm http://www.uboat.net/men/kusch.htm (Prost to Oskar, who stayed a thinking man!) Kusch's fate may have inspired Buchheim for the person of the 1.WO in Das Boot Even if the approach towards nazi ideology may have seem a little more lax on an u-boat, there were no branches of the forces taht were an island in the brown swamp.