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Re: Regina Maersk (First Maersk ship model from 1960)
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Sat, 16 Apr 2005 02:45:08 GMT
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stepping around minefields, aware that even the short paragraphs following include a few over simplifications

In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Ahui Herrera wrote:
   I think you are correct in that it is a danish submarine. German Submarines were not Nazis per say. Yes everyone in the German Armed Forces during WWII were in the Nazi party per say (not by choice but by default) but the german sailor was just doing his duty to country and had little knoweldge of the bad things that the Nazi leaders were doing back on land.

Didn’t mean to imply that. I didn’t even mention the word German. Just making the point that a building a model of a ship from “your” side, in a time of peace (or at least Cold War) is somehow less scary than building a model of a ship which was involved in an actual war serving Nazi war aims.

I must admit when I hear the word “U Boat” in English it brings to mind HMS Ulysses, Britain withstanding a naval blockade and Admiral Doenitz (spelling?) even though I think in German it simply means submarine. This is subjectivity on my part.



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(...) I think you are correct in that it is a danish submarine. (...) German Submarines were not Nazis per say. Yes everyone in the German Armed Forces during WWII were in the Nazi party per say (not by choice but by default) but the german sailor (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)

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