Germany is set to investigate an alleged mutiny on a naval training ship said to have taken place last year.It wasn't terribly long ago that no German cadet would have dared to speak up, lest any objection be answered by a shot from a Luger.
The Gorch Fock tall ship was ordered to dock in the Argentine city of Ushuaia to await experts, after reports of a revolt [by cadets] in November.
(The only shipboard mutiny in the U.S. Navy was in 1842.)
Uhm, not exactly. Between the final truce in WW1 and the humiliating armistice signed later, there was a major revolt of the German armed forces -- including major naval mutiny.
ReplyDeleteIn short, Germany has a history of revolts of its draftee soldiers and sailers, albeit not a recent one. Saying that a mutiny is incompatible with German military culture is thus a bit of an overstretch...
- Badtux the History Penguin
My Prussian ancestors would roll over in their graves to see what a bagfull of sissies the Germans are these days.
ReplyDeleteA mutiny on a training ship suggests things are rather awry with the training program. Or the trainers.
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