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After provisions have been made and the eels (nickname for torpedoes) have been installed in the scrawny body, the boat is outward bound and the officers of the u-boat relax and have a cigarette afterwards.
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Right, about 75% percent (ca. 30000 out of 40000) of them "remained on sea" as they called it.
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These crews were pretty brave. Towards the end of the war, very few u-boats returned from action. I think the u-boat crews had the highest attrition rate of the armed forces iirc.
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thats a scary thought, to be sunk in ship or sub, one reason i didnt go in the Navy, the loss of the sub fleet really hurt as it was the strength of their navy, Allied shipping , unimpeded was the major cog in the big war machine, and sort of drove the...
thats a scary thought, to be sunk in ship or sub, one reason i didnt go in the Navy, the loss of the sub fleet really hurt as it was the strength of their navy, Allied shipping , unimpeded was the major cog in the big war machine, and sort of drove the final nail in the coffin for Hitlers plans