Hi, Barry ! Good to read you again about a topic so touchy for your national pride ! I DO like your story about "Invisible Hippopotamus"...As naughty French boys used to say when in college : "If my aunt had b...s , I would call her "Uncle"!" Enjoy your day, Mon Ami.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello, Being French, soundtrack is not a problem for me, and I confirm that this film shows really KL Endrass with U-46.Something very interesting,if you look carefully at the diving sequence : Censors have modified the figures on main depth indicator... Good evening.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi,Paul! I've not seen the picture, but definitely port is not Lorient, eventhough U-30 was the 1st U-Boot to arrive there with Lemp as CO, but, at the time of the event, France was not occupied. Good evening.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello,HWM ! Quite interesting...In any case, U-96 ( HLW ) and U-553 were belonging to 7° U-Flotille at the same period. Have a nice day.
Forum: Movies and Films

Good evening, I think that both of us are French.Could you please contact me by PM,I'll certainly need help on behalf of two forum contributors who sent me specific queries. Merci d'avance et bonne soirée.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi, VEK ! I've read with great interest your wikipedia file about Céline, it is a sound and honest piece of information. I'll contact one of my friends,who owns a bookshop specialized about this author, and ask him to indicate me a good biography translated in English,for, in my opinion,it's easier to understand Céline's books, which are full of autobiographical references
Forum: General Discussions

Hi, Johannes, Your point is interesting,but I'm a bit doubtful for following reasons: Rolf Thomsen's record as CO was rather dull,and the character "Thomsen" in Das Boot (Book & Film) is depicted as a broken hero...In addition, it's true that HLW was Flotilla Commander of the real Thomsen,but the description of this officer in the novel is less than positive,and I th
Forum: Movies and Films

Hi, Paul! I hope you won't mind if I join my prayers to yours... Good evening, and a long life to Commander Hans-Georg Hess !
Forum: General Discussions

Hi,VEK ! Perhaps you are not experienced...but I've learnt a lot reading your post ! I'll try some comparison with French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, I'm quite sure that most of you have heard this name,for me, and for a lot of french people, he is one of the greatest french authors, if not the greatest , of last century.I'm not sure that translations available in Englis
Forum: General Discussions

Agreed, at 100 % ! Perhaps one of our more experienced contributors could explain us why LGB was a so discussed person, even by respected commanders,such as Adi Schnee, but he was not the only one. Any clarification would be welcome !
Forum: General Discussions

Hi , Meg ! Miniseries of "Le Bateau" seen in France have been dubbed in French.I have to check my copy of "Director's cut"in DVD , with french dubbing, I've seen in German with french subtitles.I'll do that a little later, for my wife is becoming suspicious. Bonne journée.
Forum: Movies and Films

Hi, Meg ! Thanks to your post,I revisited the miniseries seen in french TV more than 20 years back, with french dialogs.I can ensure you that the translation was, if not perhaps 100 % accurate, very pleasantly scattered with dirty and obscene jokes, one of the best moment being daily torpedo maintenance program in the front compartment, with all comparisons that you may easily guess...More serio
Forum: Movies and Films

Hi, Sue ! Please have a look on the post called "The French Resistance & U-boats"in this same forum.Our friend Barry has given interesting data about U-47 problems ( His contribution is dated 22.02.2007 ). Good evening.
Forum: General Discussions

Good morning to everybody, Browsing ubootwaffe.net forum this morning, I've seen following post, issued by moderator Hubertus: "Cdr.of U-458 Kurt Diggins passed away on 1st of March 2007. Another great loss, Kurt's courtesy also supplied us with photos, a great many thanks. Kurt was President of Honour of the German Submariners Association , KzS a.D." I hope you'
Forum: General Discussions

Good evening, Meg, What is more touchy in IWO'character, if it's established that the real person was KL Groth, and I think we can take this for granted, is the political dimension : In the book and in Director's cut (German version ) he is spoken to by der Alte as"our young Hitlerjugend chief"...Strange enough, in the mini-series aired by French TV 20 years back, in fre
Forum: Movies and Films

Agreed for table manners...but it seems also that there are some political aspects in this guy, appearing in both film and book,that may have given second thoughts to der Alte. Anyway, interesting point... Good evening.
Forum: Movies and Films

Hello, Meg, I hope that IWO character ( KL Gerhard Groth, later CO of U-143,U-958 and U-397 ),was not the exact copy of the original...He passed away in Mexico City,where he was also born, at the age of 80,in 1997.Or may be he has not seen the film or read the book. Good evening for you.
Forum: Movies and Films

Thanks a lot , Vidar ! Your tip is first class , and quite interesting. Have a nice day.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi , Barry ! I think Gummi's statement is a relief for everybody...We will wait till 2011 ans see then, if there is something to see ! Enjoy your day.
Forum: General Discussions

Good evening to everybody, I've been told, but I forgot unfortunately details, boat n°, date, acting CO,etc, the case where after a serious attack, CO, IWO,IIWO,being seriously wounded and disabled, the U-Boot was sailed back to his base by the Doctor who was part of the crew in this patrol. Any help from experienced and wise forum contributors would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi, Barry ! I DO hope that you are wrong about this issue...Normally, it's not your trend. Votre Ami.
Forum: General Discussions

Good morning, Meg, When der Alte says : " This man should never have been sent out again in the state he was in ", he's speaking about Bachmann, and not about Thomsen... So mistery remains, but, in another scene of the book, just after they have their encounter with Thomsen's boat,der Alte speaks about shortened period of turnaround time between patrols and consequent poor m
Forum: Movies and Films

Hi, Meg ! The name you are looking for is KL Heinz Hirsacker ( U-572 ).If you have access to "Conning Tower", you'll find a very detailed biography of this guy.If not, let me know, and I'll try to sum it up.In any case, he was really sentenced to death by military court, all pleas for clemency rejected, and the pistol was delivered to him by one of his mates on the eve of his
Forum: Movies and Films

Good evening to everybody ! In movie, during the introducing scenes at "Bar Royal", KL Philipp Thomsen, completely drunk after his return from a difficult patrol and the official remittance of his KC, delivers himself at the microphone a very politically incorrect and rude speech about AH capabilities, as well as jokes about his chastity and teetotaler.In the book, same speech is suppo
Forum: Movies and Films

Hi again, Vidar ! Computer of our forum is a little tricky... So add, after main adress, following data : /ops/allboats.html It should work !
Forum: General Discussions

Hi,Vidar ! Try this link, it should work : You'll find a very detailed list of U-Boote n°.Click on one of them, and that'it. Good luck.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi, Vidar, On site ubootwaffe, there are also copies of KTB, but it is the scanning of German originals of individual U-Boote...Very interesting stuff, but accessible only to German-speaking people.Good luck in your research.
Forum: General Discussions

Hello, I believe same information is availaible on the site ubootwaffe.net. Good evening.
Forum: General Discussions

Hi, Vidar, I'm a bit surprised, because dates are not matching...D'Estienne d'Orves was arrested in Nantes on 20/01/1941, transferred to Angers for preliminary interrogation by Gestapo, sent afterwards to Germany for further enquiries,then sent back to Paris for trial by German military court, sentenced to death and shot by firing squad with his two deputies on 29/08/1941. In no c
Forum: General Discussions

Hello, Philipp ! No problem for getting in touch, e-mail is : jeannoelmuller@yahoo.fr Ready to help, if I can ! Enjoy your day.
Forum: General Discussions