"Das Boot" - R.I.P. Wolfgang Petersen

[Koppi]

Today a little obituary with pictures of U 995 in Laboe, Germany.
Maybe also interesting for you in this forum.
English translation at the end of the german text.

https://thrifles.blogspot.com/2022/08/das-boot-rip-wolfgang-petersen.html

[BillK]

Koppi, thanks for posting this. Very interesting and quite good reference. I've seen a couple of scratchbuilt and 3D printed U-boats in games over the years; both in 20mm (St. Nazaire game) and 28mm. They are always very impressive.

We have U-505 at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. I have many good recollections of visiting the exhibit when I was much younger. You can see U-505 here - https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/u-505-submarine/on-board-tour/

[Admiral Hawke]

Thank you Koppi. I had not heard the news of his passing.

Das Boot is indeed a superb film. It is one of the very best war films ever made. It brings home the futility of war and the sacrifice of so many millions of lives at the whims of a few dictators.