“MON., FEB., 03, 2020@12:13: RESEARCH SOME GERMAN U-BOAT EMBLEMS, THAT WERE ON THEIR CONNING TOWERS, ETC.”
“RESEARCH IS THE REWARD.”
“CREDIT: PRESERVING THE PAST.”
battleoftheatlantic19391945/WordPress.com, Brian MURZA, Killick Vison, W.W.II NAVAL RESEARCHER-PUBLISHED AUTHOR, Canada. killickvison@yahoo.ca
Research and story by Clarence Simonsen
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It is important to note that the Luftwaffe was the most politically favored branch of the entire German Wehrmacht in the first two years of WWII. They designed and painted unit insignia in enormous numbers that possibly reached 1,500 badges and emblems. In the early years of the war, the new Nazi Party introduced past German military events and heroes into the Luftwaffe names and badges. For some reason this proved very unpopular with Luftwaffe units who adopted the more common themes for aircraft use. Another very uncommon practice was the usage of the same Luftwaffe political art, emblems, and badges, on the conning tower of the German U-boats.
Over 430 WW II German U-Boats [Kriegsmarine] painted insignia or emblems on their conning towers. This art varied from U-Boat flotilla emblems [24] to German coat of arms [32]. A few German…
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