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I just shoot them with my flak gun. It's not a very moral thing, I know, but we are at war, remember?
I mean, did the destroyers stop throwing their garbage cans at me when I yelled "Surrender"? No. Why should I be any different?
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The few who actually did that were not very popular among their own crew and other captains. In fact I think Hitler himself issued orders not to attack survivors from sinking ships, believe it or not. |
one u-boat commander (and the only one) to be tried for war crimes during ww2
was for exactly this reason.
i cant remember his name but he sunk the debris/rafts after the ship sunk...to protect his boat..as any aircraft that saw the debri would know a u-boat was in the area.
he was excecuted after the war.
strangely..during the pacific war....an american submarine commander riddled the rafts of a sunken ship that was full of japanese troops.....killing them all.
his theory: that these men would rejoin the war effort when rescued.
his punishment?: a commondation and the backing of his superiors.
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His name was Heinz-Wilhelm Eck & he commanded U-852. The incident is referred to as
The Peleus Affair. If anyone is interested, this article:
www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=18 is a pretty good synopsis of the event and it's aftermath.
More information about Dudley W. Morton, commander of the USS Wahoo can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_W._Morton .
08-05-08, 05:19 PM
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