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To: sukhoi-30mki

“it will have half the crew”

I read the book `Das Boot’ and there the U-boat commander wishes he didn’t need a crew, that it was just him against another captain.


19 posted on 04/12/2012 9:40:16 PM PDT by tumblindice (Our new, happy lives.)
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To: tumblindice

I read the book `Das Boot’ and there the U-boat commander wishes he didn’t need a crew, that it was just him against another captain.


Like General Patton’s remark about a tank duel between Erwin Rommel and himself.


26 posted on 04/12/2012 9:50:11 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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