General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
Re: The story
Posted by:
John Griffiths
()
Date: November 13, 2001 07:09PM
<HTML>Crew,
Ah yes, I'm putting my oar in here.
Rainer? Good to see your responses are as acidicly humorous as ever!
Tom? Great post - well balanced and extremely well tempered.
My own view? In the heat of combat, with the lives of your men your responsibility; with all out war declared.....
Not one of us here can rewrite history. Without combat experience, how can we dare to judge? The history of 'acts of savagery' goes back much, much further than the Second World War! Look to the Romans - who I know a little bit about -and whilst we see them as empire builders and inventors of the Pax Romana ( amongst other things ), we forget that they expanded the empire by savagery and un-restricted warfare. By the might of the legionary and his sword. No land was won, no peoples subjegated, no civilisation taken over without blood being spilt and atrocities happening.
What was done was done.
Unfortunately for the Germans, the Allies won - and they brought retribution and punishment to the 'damned hun' because the world wanted peace and an end to the fighting.That end had to be complete. Right versus Wrong, dark versus light - and the outcome as palatable to the tired masses as the justification for the fight in the first place.
There are no stones unturned when you hold the sword of right in arrogance and justice in your hand - but you very often fail to look that same truth in the eye when you have inner doubts.....
Aye,
John</HTML>
Ah yes, I'm putting my oar in here.
Rainer? Good to see your responses are as acidicly humorous as ever!
Tom? Great post - well balanced and extremely well tempered.
My own view? In the heat of combat, with the lives of your men your responsibility; with all out war declared.....
Not one of us here can rewrite history. Without combat experience, how can we dare to judge? The history of 'acts of savagery' goes back much, much further than the Second World War! Look to the Romans - who I know a little bit about -and whilst we see them as empire builders and inventors of the Pax Romana ( amongst other things ), we forget that they expanded the empire by savagery and un-restricted warfare. By the might of the legionary and his sword. No land was won, no peoples subjegated, no civilisation taken over without blood being spilt and atrocities happening.
What was done was done.
Unfortunately for the Germans, the Allies won - and they brought retribution and punishment to the 'damned hun' because the world wanted peace and an end to the fighting.That end had to be complete. Right versus Wrong, dark versus light - and the outcome as palatable to the tired masses as the justification for the fight in the first place.
There are no stones unturned when you hold the sword of right in arrogance and justice in your hand - but you very often fail to look that same truth in the eye when you have inner doubts.....
Aye,
John</HTML>
