U-Boat Captain personalities

predavolk · 05-17-08, 03:03 PM

I'm reading E. P. Hoyt's U-Baots, a Pictorial History, and one fresh angle for me is the discussion of the personalities of the captains and crew. One particular angle is how the non-Nazi early members were more humble and less elitist (surprise!) than many of the later pro-Nazi members. And Prien was considered a total jerk, with 2/3 of his enlisted men signing a petition to change commands based on his propensity to hand out post-cruise jail time as a regular punishment.

It was also neat for Donitz to use the publicity of Prien's raid to force Hitler into a promise for more subs.

05-17-08, 03:03 PM	#1
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	U-Boat Captain personalities I'm reading E. P. Hoyt's U-Baots, a Pictorial History, and one fresh angle for me is the discussion of the personalities of the captains and crew. One particular angle is how the non-Nazi early members were more humble and less elitist (surprise!) than many of the later pro-Nazi members. And Prien was considered a total jerk, with 2/3 of his enlisted men signing a petition to change commands based on his propensity to hand out post-cruise jail time as a regular punishment. It was also neat for Donitz to use the publicity of Prien's raid to force Hitler into a promise for more subs.