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#3565213 - 04/30/12 05:24 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
paf_eaf310 Member Registered: 11/16/07 Posts: 161	On the other hand Buchheims books were not really liked by the crews
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#3565240 - 04/30/12 06:35 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: paf_eaf310]
MaceUK33 Everything is true Veteran Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 12206 Loc: Darlington, UK.	Originally Posted By: paf_eaf310 On the other hand Buchheims books were not really liked by the crews But there wasn't a very high percentage left of the crews' opinions to go on really... _________________________ Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| MSI GeForce GTX 660 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Antec 902 \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Falcon BMS \| DCS A-10C \| Flaming Cliffs 3 \| RoF \| BoB 2 2.12 \| EECH 1.15 \| ArmA 3 "A nugget of purest green!"
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#3565444 - 05/01/12 07:43 AM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
LukeFF Amasser of Mosins Hotshot Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 9073 Loc: Riverside, California, USA	Speaking of historical inaccuracies with this movie: when the boat is ordered to the Med, the captain remarks that the Germans were losing North Africa. Umm...this movie was set in the fall of 1941, and the Americans weren't even in the war yet.
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#3565479 - 05/01/12 08:46 AM Re: Das Boot [Re: LukeFF]
PanzerMeyer Effervescent Libertarian King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 78980 Loc: Miami, FL USA	Originally Posted By: LukeFF Speaking of historical inaccuracies with this movie: when the boat is ordered to the Med, the captain remarks that the Germans were losing North Africa. Umm...this movie was set in the fall of 1941, and the Americans weren't even in the war yet. Yeah, the tide in North Africa didn't turn until after the second battle of El Alamein which was in October/November 1942. _________________________ I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. - Charles V
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#3565564 - 05/01/12 12:16 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Catfish Member Registered: 06/26/09 Posts: 1080 Loc: Where the ocean meets the sky	Well i think America was not needed for England to win in North Africa ? Maybe support-wise ..
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#3565579 - 05/01/12 01:04 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
MaceUK33 Everything is true Veteran Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 12206 Loc: Darlington, UK.	They brought hamburgers so were some help. _________________________ Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| MSI GeForce GTX 660 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Antec 902 \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Falcon BMS \| DCS A-10C \| Flaming Cliffs 3 \| RoF \| BoB 2 2.12 \| EECH 1.15 \| ArmA 3 "A nugget of purest green!"
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#3565686 - 05/01/12 03:57 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: Catfish]
PanzerMeyer Effervescent Libertarian King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 78980 Loc: Miami, FL USA	Originally Posted By: Catfish Well i think America was not needed for England to win in North Africa ? Maybe support-wise .. Operation Torch and the ensuing US operations in North Africa most definitely hastened the defeat of the Axis in that theatre since the DAK and Italians were essentially now fighting a two front war but yes, the UK and Commonwealth permanently turned the tide with their decisive win at El Alamein. I compare it to the Normandy landings in June 1944. Germany lost the war well before Normandy but Overlord at least brought final victory that much sooner. Edited by PanzerMeyer (05/01/12 03:59 PM) _________________________ I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. - Charles V
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#3566293 - 05/02/12 04:24 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
kaa Member Registered: 01/10/01 Posts: 2354 Loc: France	And...may I add some weird thing? I remember the 2nd watch officer screaming "Alaaarm !" to order an emergency dive when it should have been shouted " Fluten !- Flood (the tanks) !". "Alarm" is in no way an order to dive.
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#3566300 - 05/02/12 04:33 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
Para_Bellum Oberkriegkaboomführer Hotshot Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 6438 Loc: Germany	Actually, I'm pretty sure that's correct. The alarm call (and the bell) was a signal for the crew to prepare for a crash dive (evacuate the conning tower, stand ready to switch to electric engines and stop the Diesels, all crew ordered forward to assist the boat in diving, etc..) while the actual command "Fluten" was only given once the conning tower hatch was closed. _________________________ "...late afternoon the Air Tasking Order came in [and] we found the A-10 part and we said, "We are going where!? We are doing what!?" Capt. Todd Sheehy, Hog pilot, on receiving orders during Operation Desert Storm
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#3566338 - 05/02/12 05:32 PM Re: Das Boot [Re: MaceUK33]
kaa Member Registered: 01/10/01 Posts: 2354 Loc: France	You're probably right , so first "alarm" and then "fluten" .Looking in the few books I have on about Uboote.
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