29.05.2008, 05:10
Thanks, M8! Lots of ways I could improve it but I felt that it's good enough and I don't feel like putting a lot of time into images very often. :wink:
The whole thing with the Bismarck was pretty much astounding luck for the Brits. That's part of what makes the story so interesting. The one thing I DON"T like is that, IMHO, the British ships picking up German survivors shoved off and left a lot of those men to die in the water of exposure. Not very British.
Excuses were given but they sound like excuses. I think that they were just angry over the Hood. Still no excuse :!:
That's why I won't make any images of the SINKING of Bismarck. Too many German sailors died needlessly in the cold water AFTER the sinking, AFTER the battle was over. That's not war, that's not battle, that's not noble! That was simply inhumane. I've heard first hand accounts from German sailors who survived so I know what went on from their point of view and I believe what they say.
Anyway, that's why I made an image of Bismarck being sighted instead of an image of her being attacked and sunk. A lot of the Luftwaffe fans immediately jumped to conclusions about this image. That's always easier than finding out the facts. When they do that I'm not going to explain things. Let them think what they want to think but there's a reason why I went to the trouble of doing research and making this sighting image instead of a sinking image.
Bismarck was a Big Kahuna. Big, big, big! That's also part of why she is still so well remembered today. There are a lot of high end model kits of Bismarck and she's currently quite popular with modellers.
Sinking of ships was part of WWII. That part is acceptable as ships were sunk and lives lost that way on both sides. What is NOT acceptable is to allow surviors to die in the water for no good reason! That's why I'll NEVER make an image of the sinking of Bismarck. I know what happened after she went down. It was shameful.
The whole thing with the Bismarck was pretty much astounding luck for the Brits. That's part of what makes the story so interesting. The one thing I DON"T like is that, IMHO, the British ships picking up German survivors shoved off and left a lot of those men to die in the water of exposure. Not very British.
Excuses were given but they sound like excuses. I think that they were just angry over the Hood. Still no excuse :!: That's why I won't make any images of the SINKING of Bismarck. Too many German sailors died needlessly in the cold water AFTER the sinking, AFTER the battle was over. That's not war, that's not battle, that's not noble! That was simply inhumane. I've heard first hand accounts from German sailors who survived so I know what went on from their point of view and I believe what they say.
Anyway, that's why I made an image of Bismarck being sighted instead of an image of her being attacked and sunk. A lot of the Luftwaffe fans immediately jumped to conclusions about this image. That's always easier than finding out the facts. When they do that I'm not going to explain things. Let them think what they want to think but there's a reason why I went to the trouble of doing research and making this sighting image instead of a sinking image.
Bismarck was a Big Kahuna. Big, big, big! That's also part of why she is still so well remembered today. There are a lot of high end model kits of Bismarck and she's currently quite popular with modellers.
Sinking of ships was part of WWII. That part is acceptable as ships were sunk and lives lost that way on both sides. What is NOT acceptable is to allow surviors to die in the water for no good reason! That's why I'll NEVER make an image of the sinking of Bismarck. I know what happened after she went down. It was shameful.