From "The Other Side"

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

You have to remember a couple of facts:

1. The events in "The Cruel Sea" happen from 1939 to 1943 when the Germans had the upper hand, for the most part.

2. Werner's "Iron Coffins", on the other hand, is mostly about the war from 1942 to 1945, when the Allies had the upper hand. Werner didn't get a boat of his own until 1944.


What really strikes me as incongruous is the defeatist tone of the movie "Das Boot". It is supposed to happen in October of 1941, when the U-bootwaffe was near the height of it's power. It should have been set in October of 1943, when the tide had quite clearly turned against them.

I couldn't agree with you more about Das Boot, I was just thinking the same thing yesterday, or the day before.

That is the ONLY problem i have with this movie. ASW tatics were getting better by 1941, especially the way aircraft were being deployed against the U-boat, but by no means had the allies got even close to equal or more footing. I do think that the movie hit the defeatist attitude right on the head, when they found out they were ordered to La Spezia by way of the Gibralter straits, especially after spending over 2 months at SEA already.