I’m terribly sorry to hear of your loss. The suffering of WW2 touched millions of families, including my own, and no sane person would want to repeat the events of those times.
I do sincerely hope it’s understood that the people who are responding to this thead, as well as myself, are interested in these subjects purely due to the technical and historical aspects of it, not because there is any admiration for Nazism or it’s goals. I would wager that many posters to this thread either had personal involvement in WW2 or had family or friends who were killed or harmed in some way due to that war, and if any of them had an opportunity they would have sunk all of these U-boats themselves without batting an eye.
It’s because of the innumerable sacrifices made during that war, such as that of your dear Uncle, that we are now able to chat on the internet in English and we are not required to salute the swastika or grovel before the Rising Sun.
It’s because of your Uncle and millions like him that all of this is possible, and he and his fellow soldiers, seamen and airmen are all in our everlasting debt.
Of course I understand. Please don’t worry about that. My uncle wasn’t in the military. He was on a cargo ship. The nazis didn’t care who they killed. I’m trying to find the article my mother had about him when the ship had to stay in NY harbor because the germans had invaded Norway and they couldn’t go back. I’d like to know the name of the ship and find out where he really did go down. He came to visit us at that time since we lived in Central New York and I have pictures of this tall, strong, handsome Norwegian. He used to sing, play guitar, and write songs. I wish I could have gotten to know him better.