The last Nazi E-boat, which took part in an infamous raid during the Second World War.
on 12/31/2008 at 10:29 AM
BTW ... what makes this raid “infamous” is beyond me. It was war time, it did the job it was design for, there wasn’t any war crime involved. So why infamous?
Probably what made the 1st Day of the Somme or the Fall of Tobruk “infamous"- a crushing, costly defeat that will live in infamy.
Posted by Turtler
12/31/2008 at 07:01 PM
I don’t know a thing about these e-boats. But I heartily endorse saving and restoring them.
Back in the early 80’s, when I was stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base for Boot Camp and other schooling, I used to volunteer to restore a German U-boat that was tied up at Navy Pier in Chicago. It was actually fun work, and the USO girls were a very welcome distraction…
I should do a post honoring the USO girls!
My son just got done with boot camp in Great Lakes about a month ago. I went to San Diego, myself. My how time flies.
Peiper. Whenever I see the word infamous I always think of the Carry on Cleo film with Kenneth Williams as Julius Caesar saying “infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me!” However that aside the Slapton Sands incident is infamous because a lot of GI’s lost their lives on a cocked up training exercise. At the time it was kept quiet by both governments because the loss of life would be bad for morale.
Infamous because it killed many soldiers rehearsing the Normandy landings but didn’t clue the Germans in on where or when (not exactly) the landings would be. The Allied losses were sufficient to change the units used. That it happened was hushed up for many, many years both to avoid damaging morale and to avoid letting the Germans in on what was in the works. All cause to call it INFAMOUS.
Posted by Hobie
01/01/2009 at 07:39 PM
Infamous because security really fucked up. People were supposed to be keeping an eye out for Jerry boats, but weren’t. A lot of people died because of arrogance.
01/01/2009 at 01:08 PM
