Operation Deadlight

harzfeld · 02-05-09, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Faamecanic

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Originally Posted by harzfeld

well, they could have recycle all those scrap metals instead of rotting them. I guess the order was just being spiteful against Allied from taking them like they did after WW1.

Keep in mind to the war powers had SO MUCH scrap that they didnt know what to do with it all. Literally 1000's of tanks just rotted away in Germany (both allied and German) because there were so many of them.

They could have a place as storage or graveyard for all U-boats, but why scuttled them at sea? Some or many were too deep to salvage rather than scuttle them at harbor like Scapa Flow after WW1. Why didn't U-boats dock at docks and have someone to scuttle or deal with them instead of their crew? Most of them today are probably too rusty to pull out. If we had meth heads back then, most or all of them probably would be salvaged already. Meth heads would do anything for a metal into cash nowadays.