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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by kazen44 on Thursday November 08, 2018 @10:22AM (#18406837)
Being on a Uboat (or any sub for that matter) must have been absolute horror. I think das boot (the uncut version) does a good job of conveying the insane boredom and long days or months with no communication with the outside world.

Also, the fact that your home also has an insane chance of being your coffin..

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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by enraged_camel on Thursday November 08, 2018 @10:30AM (#18406916)
Chicago’s Museum Of Science and Industry has a Uboat on exhibit. The first uboat captured by allies during WWII in fact. I went inside it and yeah, it’s pretty depressing. :)
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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by techopoly on Thursday November 08, 2018 @02:01PM (#18408901)
Similarly, the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX has a Japanese midget submarine that was part of the Pearl Harbor attack. It's astounding how small it is -- if my memory serves me correctly, I wouldn't have been able to stand up in it.

Edit: here it is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/DS...

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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by kazen44 on Thursday November 08, 2018 @10:59AM (#18407129)
kinda cool! would love to visit suchs a thing sometime, sadly going to the states is a bit of a large expense to see a uboat..
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Re:Sights and sounds of the final hours of World War I by lb1lf on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:23AM (#18407347)
You can find the occasional showpiece U-boat several other places -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_museums

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