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WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 26. 2005 17:58

neonlite148	Vote here for your favourite WORLD WAR 2 HERO!!! Ok I will start. My favourite world war 2 hero is German U-99's Otto Kretschmann a.k.a "Silen Otto" for one torpedo one kill, dead accuracy. WHY? 40 ships sunk for a total of 208.869 GRT 3 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 46.440 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.375 tons 5 ships damaged for a total of 37.965 GRT 1 ship taken as prize for a total of 2.136 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 15.513 GRT Before the 17-year-old Otto Kretschmer began his naval career he spent eight months in Exeter, England where he mastered the English language. Beginning in April 1930 he went through the usual officer training, spending three months on the sailing school ship Niobe and more than a year on the light cruiser Emden. He served on the light cruiser K?n starting in December 1934, and in January 1936 transferred to the U-boat force. Here he received a solid pre-war training as a U-boat officer. His first command was on U-35 and there he participated in a patrol in Spanish waters in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. In September 1937 he left U-35 and took over the Type II U-boat U-23. After the outbreak of the war he won his first successes with U-23 on some patrols in the North Sea in the area of the English and Scottish east coast. In November 1939 he laid nine mines in Moray Firth, Scotland. The first great success for Otto Kretschmer was the sinking of the Danish tanker Danmark (10,517 tons) on 12 January 1940. Just over a month later he sank the British destroyer HMS Daring (1,375 tons). He left U-23 in April 1940 and in the same month commissioned U-99. After two months of training U-99 left Kiel for her first patrol in June 1940. In the course of the next patrols Otto Kretschmer became famous on his U-99 for his night-time surface attacks against convoys, and there his motto "One torpedo ... one ship" was created! Especially notable was the sinking of three British Armed Merchant Cruisers, Laurentic (18,724 tons), Patroclus (11,314 tons) and Forfar (16,402 tons) in November 1940 for a total of more than 46,000 tons. At that time Silent Otto became the "tonnage king" among U-boat men, never to be dethroned. On his last patrol he was also very successful and attacked 10 ships. He was captured after scuttling U-99 at 0343hrs on 17 March, 1941 (Schepke was lost in the same battle) south-east of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W after depth charge damage inflicted by the British destroyer HMS Walker. Kretschmer managed to surface his badly damaged boat and save 40 out of his 43-man crew (his chief engineer died) before the boat sank again for the last time. THIS MAN IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL THE TORPEDO WHORES!, WHY DON'T YOU TRY ONE TORPEDO ON KILL INSTEAD OF USING 15 AND NEVER HIT YA WHORES!!!! :P

neonlite148

Vote here for your favourite WORLD WAR 2 HERO!!! Ok I will start. My favourite world war 2
hero is German U-99's Otto Kretschmann a.k.a "Silen Otto" for one torpedo one kill, dead
accuracy. WHY?
40 ships sunk for a total of 208.869 GRT
3 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 46.440 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.375 tons
5 ships damaged for a total of 37.965 GRT
1 ship taken as prize for a total of 2.136 GRT
2 ships a total loss for a total of 15.513 GRT
Before the 17-year-old Otto Kretschmer began his naval career he spent eight months in
Exeter, England where he mastered the English language. Beginning in April 1930 he went
through the usual officer training, spending three months on the sailing school ship Niobe
and more than a year on the light cruiser Emden.

He served on the light cruiser K?n starting in December 1934, and in January 1936
transferred to the U-boat force. Here he received a solid pre-war training as a U-boat
officer. His first command was on U-35 and there he participated in a patrol in Spanish
waters in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

In September 1937 he left U-35 and took over the Type II U-boat U-23. After the outbreak
of the war he won his first successes with U-23 on some patrols in the North Sea in the
area of the English and Scottish east coast.

In November 1939 he laid nine mines in Moray Firth, Scotland. The first great success for
Otto Kretschmer was the sinking of the Danish tanker Danmark (10,517 tons) on 12 January 1940.

Just over a month later he sank the British destroyer HMS Daring (1,375 tons).

He left U-23 in April 1940 and in the same month commissioned U-99. After two months of
training U-99 left Kiel for her first patrol in June 1940. In the course of the next
patrols Otto Kretschmer became famous on his U-99 for his night-time surface attacks
against convoys, and there his motto "One torpedo ... one ship" was created!
Especially notable was the sinking of three British Armed Merchant Cruisers, Laurentic
(18,724 tons), Patroclus (11,314 tons) and Forfar (16,402 tons) in November 1940 for a
total of more than 46,000 tons. At that time Silent Otto became the "tonnage king" among
U-boat men, never to be dethroned.

On his last patrol he was also very successful and attacked 10 ships. He was captured
after scuttling U-99 at 0343hrs on 17 March, 1941 (Schepke was lost in the same battle)
south-east of Iceland in approximate position 61N, 12W after depth charge damage inflicted
by the British destroyer HMS Walker. Kretschmer managed to surface his badly damaged boat
and save 40 out of his 43-man crew (his chief engineer died) before the boat sank again
for the last time.

THIS MAN IS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL THE TORPEDO WHORES!, WHY DON'T YOU TRY ONE TORPEDO ON
KILL INSTEAD OF USING 15 AND NEVER HIT YA WHORES!!!! :P

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 31. 2005 10:35

greenman	1.Rommel 2.Yamamoto (brilliant enough to attack pearl AND tell them unless they killed everything we had in one go... they were gonna be pwned) 3.Dwight D. Eisenhower (a man big enough to take the reponsability of the failed normandy invasion on himself) 4.the 101st more to come probably

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 31. 2005 09:53

cali	My heroes are those who fought in WWII. Not the SS and those who mass kill people for being different

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10. 31. 2005 09:22

coplice	Hitler for having the guts to go agains the whole world with a shitty ally like mussolini

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 31. 2005 09:15

malcheus	Bram van der Stok, a dutch fighter pilot who fought eventhough the Netherlands would inevitably be overtake by germany, the dutch fighter pilots had the best kill/death ratio of all countries, mostly because the germans sent waves of bombers to bomb holland, but didn't supply enough fighter support.

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 31. 2005 09:08

royalnavymat	Actually, scrap my old post: Every wehrmacht (but not SS), red army, USMC, US army, briitsh army, royal marines, kriegsmarine, royal navy, US navy, dutch navy, french resistance, RAF, USAF, Luftwaffe, Red Airforce, the list goes on. But not the Japanese.

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 31. 2005 01:14

rolley	Colonel Gregory (Pappy) Boyington U.S.M.C. Famed Commander of The Black Sheep, VMF 214. Winner of The Congressional Medal of Honour for downing approximately 30 Japanese Aircraft. He was also a member of Flying Tigers. Shot Down in 1944 and stayed in P.o.w Camp on the Japanese Mainland until the end of the War. QUOTE " Name A Hero And I'll Prove He Is A Bum."

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 27. 2005 14:30

therebel	My own grandfather. He saved several jews in occupied Holland, from being send to germany's death camps. He was in the resistance.

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 27. 2005 14:14

cannonmitch	This is easy. Here are my Favorites 1) Sargeant Audie Murphy 2) General George S. Patton a.k.a. Old Blood n' Guts 3) General Dwight D. Eisenhower 4) Field Marshall Erwin Rommel a.k.a The Desert Fox 5) Admiral Chester A. Nimitz 6) Sargeant York 7) All Soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division a.k.a The screaming Eagles 8) Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto For the devious plan to attack PEARL HARBOUR 9) The Brave Men who fought thse Nazi potheads at the Normany Coast 10) My Grandpa which Parachuted into Normandy that lone cold night.

cannonmitch

This is easy. Here are my Favorites

1) Sargeant Audie Murphy
2) General George S. Patton a.k.a. Old Blood n' Guts
3) General Dwight D. Eisenhower
4) Field Marshall Erwin Rommel a.k.a The Desert Fox
5) Admiral Chester A. Nimitz
6) Sargeant York
7) All Soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division a.k.a The screaming Eagles
8) Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto For the devious plan to attack PEARL HARBOUR
9) The Brave Men who fought thse Nazi potheads at the Normany Coast
10) My Grandpa which Parachuted into Normandy that lone cold night.

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 27. 2005 12:24

galen107	Air Marshall Dowding - RAF, Fighter Command CO - Battle of Britain...a definately hero of the British People....

Re : WORLD WAR 2 HEROES POLL
10. 27. 2005 11:18

taytyn	Witold Urbanowicz- commander of 303 squadron from 5th september 1940 scored 15 kills during the Battle of Britain (17 total) Jan Zumbach- commander of 303 squadron may 19 1942 scored 8 kills during the Battle of Britain (thirteen total)

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