General Discussions
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RE: Danish Submarines
Posted by:
AL Wellman
()
Date: January 18, 2001 07:59PM
<HTML>Yuri -
I suggest the decision might have been based on political, rather than strictly military priorities. In the early months of the war, Germany cultivated the image of an international champion of the northern European ethnic groups, and exercised some restraint in capitulation terms which might damage the national prestige of these groups. Initial disposition of the French Navy and colonies is a primary example of the early war posture.
There is also the matter of disproportionately high personnel training and maintenance effort required to effectively use a relatively small number of fundamentally different submarines. With the exception of the UA, most foreign submarines served in distinctly auxilliary capacities under German control. =AL=</HTML>
I suggest the decision might have been based on political, rather than strictly military priorities. In the early months of the war, Germany cultivated the image of an international champion of the northern European ethnic groups, and exercised some restraint in capitulation terms which might damage the national prestige of these groups. Initial disposition of the French Navy and colonies is a primary example of the early war posture.
There is also the matter of disproportionately high personnel training and maintenance effort required to effectively use a relatively small number of fundamentally different submarines. With the exception of the UA, most foreign submarines served in distinctly auxilliary capacities under German control. =AL=</HTML>
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Danish Submarines | Yuri IL\'IN | 01/17/2001 01:53PM |
RE: Danish Submarines | Antonio Veiga | 01/17/2001 08:56PM |
RE: Danish Submarines | Anders Wingren | 01/18/2001 12:27AM |
RE: Danish Submarines | Yuri IL\'IN | 01/18/2001 02:04PM |
RE: Danish Submarines | AL Wellman | 01/18/2001 07:59PM |