If we had a time machine

CptGrayWolf · 02-28-07, 01:28 PM

Just curious...

Biggles · 02-28-07, 01:32 PM

I would not!

It's one thing to cause destruction and death on a computer.....but doing it for real??!!!

ReallyDedPoet · 02-28-07, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

I would not!

It's one thing to cause destruction and death on a computer.....but doing it for real??!!!

Yeah this, cannot possibly imagine what they went through. Reading books like " Iron Coffins " give you an idea, but the real thing, not a chance.

AVGWarhawk · 02-28-07, 01:35 PM

Let me see, under water, people attempting to kill me, food sucks, air is even worse.....hell no man, I stay in front of my warm glowing computer screen for sailing!!!

Respenus · 02-28-07, 01:36 PM

No one said I would not be immortal. The question is if I woudl go there. The answer, yes, it would be a great learning experience. BTW, I'm most probably one of the worst kaleuns here. Show your guts men. Let's get a crew and sail into the unknown!

Linavitch · 02-28-07, 01:37 PM

I'll stick where I am thanks.

Going back to WWII is sorta at odds with my pacafistic beliefs.

The General · 02-28-07, 01:38 PM

"Nothing but a bunch of slack-jawwed faggots around here!" - Jesse Ventura, Predator

Where would we find the men to fight if a conventional WWIII broke out today?

Penelope_Grey · 02-28-07, 01:39 PM

I wouldn't go, no chance. One mistake and you were dead. the food was crap, the air stank of BO and diesel. They were stuffy hot cramped submersible tin cans.

Risk of death was very high, I like living, U-boats are just not a good idea for you due to their being very hazardous to your life expectancy.

The General · 02-28-07, 01:42 PM

Penelope, I have a few questions for you. Are you female, how old are you and are you pretty?

CaptainAsh · 02-28-07, 01:45 PM

I m gonna change the question... if you were german and living in the time of WWII would you join the uboat forces?
No way. I know they did a useful job for germany, and I m not calling them coward, we all know the statistic about going back home, but still... they were hunting merchant, trying to avoid warship. It was not the most honorable way to serve their country. Maybe, sometimes I will dream I was serving on Bismarck or Tirpitz, or in a Me109 or FW190 or even in a mighty Tiger. I will always respect submariner of german uboat, they were marching to their death, and they did it knowing about it. I do respect that. Still, they were doing one of the more nasty soldier job... even SS had a better civilian/military killed ratio...

Penelope_Grey · 02-28-07, 01:45 PM

Female? Check.
Age. 19 going on 20
pretty. Most definately.

The General · 02-28-07, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Female? Check.
Age. 19 going on 20
pretty. Most definately.

Is that you in the B&W photo? You look like Scarlett Johannson.

Penelope_Grey · 02-28-07, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainAsh

I m gonna change the question... if you were german and living in the time of WWII would you join the uboat forces?
No way. I know they did a useful job for germany, and I m not calling them coward, we all know the statistic about going back home, but still... they were hunting merchant, trying to avoid warship. I was not the most honorable way to serve their country. Maybe, sometimes I will dream I was serving on Bismarck or Tirpitz, or in a Me109 or FW190 or even in a mighty Tiger. I will always respect submariner of german uboat, they were marching to their death, and they did it knowing about it. I do respect that. Still, they were doing one of the more nasty soldier job... even SS had a better civilian/military killed ratio...

You can't really slam the U-boats too hard for what they were shooting at. Hitler never really wanted war with the UK, and the main tactic of the U-boat forces was to try and starve the UK into complete submission, by cutting off its supply line which was the sea.

I think of it like this - the Uboats were like a hand around Britain's neck trying to choke us into unconsciousness. Rather than the fist slamming into our faces over and over till we were beat into an unconscious bloody pulp. Of course that changed with the bombing of the cities. Mind you, Churchill goaded Hitler to bomb cities rather than the airfields.

The whole idea of defeating Britain was very haphazard in my opinion. The U-boats were trying to cut off the supply lines and they very nearly succeeded.

Penelope_Grey · 02-28-07, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by The General

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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Female? Check.
Age. 19 going on 20
pretty. Most definately.

Is that you in the B&W photo? You look like Scarlett Johannson.

E-gad! Are you deliberately trying to butter me up? Cuz, flattery will get you EVERYWHERE!!!

CaptainAsh · 02-28-07, 01:52 PM

First of Ash's rule:
Never trust a woman when she told you she's pretty.

Second of Ash's rule:
Never trust someone who is telling you she/he's a woman on the internet.

View Poll Results: would you go back and live a full career as a U-boat captain?
Yes I would! Commanding a U-boat and living those days would be an amazing experience!	26	16.25%
Hmm... I would, but no patrols past 1943!	13	8.13%
Hmm... I would, but just for one patrol only, no more!	22	13.75%
No way! Are you nuts!? Sitting in front of my computer is as close as I ever want to get to WWII.	99	61.88%
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll

02-28-07, 01:28 PM	#1
CptGrayWolf Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Lawrence Seaway Posts: 459 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	If we had a time machine Just curious... __________________ Thomas Voltz, U-93 VIIc, Aug 1940, at sea patrol 1 GWX3 Gold, 100%

02-28-07, 01:32 PM	#2
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I would not! It's one thing to cause destruction and death on a computer.....but doing it for real??!!! __________________

02-28-07, 01:35 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Let me see, under water, people attempting to kill me, food sucks, air is even worse.....hell no man, I stay in front of my warm glowing computer screen for sailing!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-28-07, 01:36 PM	#5
Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No one said I would not be immortal. The question is if I woudl go there. The answer, yes, it would be a great learning experience. BTW, I'm most probably one of the worst kaleuns here. Show your guts men. Let's get a crew and sail into the unknown! __________________

02-28-07, 01:37 PM	#6
Linavitch Officer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hull Posts: 239 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	I'll stick where I am thanks. Going back to WWII is sorta at odds with my pacafistic beliefs.

02-28-07, 01:38 PM	#7
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	"Nothing but a bunch of slack-jawwed faggots around here!" - Jesse Ventura, Predator Where would we find the men to fight if a conventional WWIII broke out today? Last edited by The General; 03-01-07 at 08:45 AM.

02-28-07, 01:39 PM	#8
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wouldn't go, no chance. One mistake and you were dead. the food was crap, the air stank of BO and diesel. They were stuffy hot cramped submersible tin cans. Risk of death was very high, I like living, U-boats are just not a good idea for you due to their being very hazardous to your life expectancy. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

02-28-07, 01:42 PM	#9
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Penelope, I have a few questions for you. Are you female, how old are you and are you pretty?

02-28-07, 01:45 PM	#10
CaptainAsh Machinist's Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 128 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I m gonna change the question... if you were german and living in the time of WWII would you join the uboat forces? No way. I know they did a useful job for germany, and I m not calling them coward, we all know the statistic about going back home, but still... they were hunting merchant, trying to avoid warship. It was not the most honorable way to serve their country. Maybe, sometimes I will dream I was serving on Bismarck or Tirpitz, or in a Me109 or FW190 or even in a mighty Tiger. I will always respect submariner of german uboat, they were marching to their death, and they did it knowing about it. I do respect that. Still, they were doing one of the more nasty soldier job... even SS had a better civilian/military killed ratio...

02-28-07, 01:52 PM	#15
CaptainAsh Machinist's Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 128 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	First of Ash's rule: Never trust a woman when she told you she's pretty. Second of Ash's rule: Never trust someone who is telling you she/he's a woman on the internet.