A great story, Nazi surface raiders - Hans Zimmerman (?)
LIBERATOR
my mind, it was in Military History magazine
http://www.historynet.com/magazines/military_history, and it was about
the near end of the war, how the Nazis were using fishing boats that
they turned into surface raiders, to fight off the British navy that
was using destroyers and frigates to seize (the Balkans) which were
still under possession of the Germans, even though Germany had already
been penetrated.
What really moved me was their leader Hans Zimmerman, they had a photo
of him at the surrender, and the story explained that it took 5
attempts to get him to surrender, he was requested to surrender 5
times and he refused all 5 times, and even after Germany had announced
surrender, he had asked his comrades if they wanted to surrender and
they didn't, and neither did he.
The Brits had attempted to seize these islands and everytime they
rushed the islands, the surface raiders went into action against them
and they would reign supreme in the fire fights, the story explained
"you know the Germans in their shooting, always accurate, the Brits
were again overwhelmed and turned away".
Finally, Hans surrendered and the photo showed him in complete
contempt, and it explained that he was as well as all his noncoms
unquestionably loyal to Nationalist Socialism. After being interviewed
he explained that he had intended to hold out after Germany
surrendered, and hoped to get a vessel or two back up to Germain via a
river, to inform them that he has not been defeated after numerous
attempts by the British, and had no faltering variables in his forces
of which he literally intended to remain at war against the Allies and
could sustain it.
Working from 2 years of memory of the last time I saw this story, it
gave more reflection to Nationalist Socialism and Hans profiling it as
"there is no other system I can live under and I will fight to the
death to defend Nationalist Socialism" as well as the other crew,
although they eventually did surrender. I think Admiral Raeder was the
one that finally told him to surrender, and as I said, I wish I had
that picture, at the table where he had to sign the surrender, he was
looking down to the left away from the paper, in total contempt and he
did not want to sign it, he wouldn't even look at it.
If any movie should be made about exonerating the Nazis and revising
the false history demonstrating their great spirit and fighting
abilities, this man Hans Zimmerman (or Zimmer) should be the subject
matter of the movie. Fishing boats turned into surface raiders and
they could not be beaten by actual naval craft of the British Navy.
Amazing!
LIBERATOR
> God it's already been 2 years that I read this story but it stuck in
Wondering if "The Zimmermann Telegram" is the Zimmermann I'm talking
about.
Weatherlawyer
>
> > this man Hans Zimmerman (or Zimmer) should be the subject
> > matter of the movie.
Sounds Jewish. When did he change his name?
Did he go to live in Britain after the war and then invent a walking
frame made out of scrap periscopes?
Weatherlawyer
>
> God it's already been 2 years but it stuck in
> my mind, to fight off the British
> was using destroyers and frigates to seize (the Balkans) which were
>
> Amazing!
Can we have a regurgitaion of the frigates and destroyers seizing the
Balkans please? So much to learn about military history. And every day
a new totally unknown crops up.
Anyway enough of this old stuff, how about them commies eh? They are
handing out Sony phones to the Tibetan Bloggers now. What do you know
about that?
Fully kited out from the roots up I hear.
William Black
"LIBERATOR" <noge...@linuxmail.org> wrote in message
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> God it's already been 2 years that I read this story but it stuck in
> my mind, it was in Military History magazine
> http://www.historynet.com/magazines/military_history, and it was about
> the near end of the war, how the Nazis were using fishing boats that
> they turned into surface raiders, to fight off the British navy that
> was using destroyers and frigates to seize (the Balkans) which were
> still under possession of the Germans,
I wonder if Tito noticed...
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.