And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The U-Boats enjoyed a "happy time" but it clearly didn't last. Most of them died.
ReplyDeleteWhich was necessary, but very sad at the same time. Waste of a lot of brave men.
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ReplyDeleteDas Boot is one of the best movies about the U-boats - look it up if you haven't seen it
ReplyDeleteI did see that, and it was very good indeed.
DeleteU Boot Lied, Wir fahren gegen Engeland.
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