Iron Coffins

GoldenRivet · 03-31-09, 03:19 PM

Jim was iron coffins a large source of research into the development of GWX?

i read each passing page of the book with mounting frustration as if i had been there.

the author speaks of constantly diving to evade aircraft, barely able to recharge batteries to 60-70% charge before being forced down again.

all they wanted to do was go out and sink ships carrying war materials into Britain... all they actually got after early 43 was a constant harassment from sea and sky.

anyone who has played well into 1943-44 in GWX knows this pattern well. all we want to do is get into some action against ships... all we get is constant bombardment from above.

on another note:

as an Englander or American or Canadian we grow up knowing that the Nazis were the "bad guys" and we read books and watch movies in which scores of "jew killing, hateful krauts" are killed much to the glory of "our side"

but the more and more i read of books like "Steel Boat, Iron Hearts" and "Iron Coffins" the more it hits home that most of these soldiers and sailors of Germany were just normal men with families and girlfriends and children and wives...

... except for the uniforms and the language spoken... these stories could have easily come from men on either side of the front lines.

bottom line i guess... war is ugly... its uglier when you listen to both sides of the story.

03-31-09, 03:19 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,729 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Jim was iron coffins a large source of research into the development of GWX? i read each passing page of the book with mounting frustration as if i had been there. the author speaks of constantly diving to evade aircraft, barely able to recharge batteries to 60-70% charge before being forced down again. all they wanted to do was go out and sink ships carrying war materials into Britain... all they actually got after early 43 was a constant harassment from sea and sky. anyone who has played well into 1943-44 in GWX knows this pattern well. all we want to do is get into some action against ships... all we get is constant bombardment from above. on another note: as an Englander or American or Canadian we grow up knowing that the Nazis were the "bad guys" and we read books and watch movies in which scores of "jew killing, hateful krauts" are killed much to the glory of "our side" but the more and more i read of books like "Steel Boat, Iron Hearts" and "Iron Coffins" the more it hits home that most of these soldiers and sailors of Germany were just normal men with families and girlfriends and children and wives... ... except for the uniforms and the language spoken... these stories could have easily come from men on either side of the front lines. bottom line i guess... war is ugly... its uglier when you listen to both sides of the story. __________________