@diverhans:
Dann bin ich froh, daß ich das Missverständnis nicht ausgelöst habe
Ich denke auch, daß wir aus der Ferne (ok, ich bin noch auf Bali) nicht raus bekommen, was wirklich los war.
@all:
In der heutigen Jakarta Post ist ein Leserbrief (zumindest denke ich, daß es von einem Leser ist), der sich etwas mit der Geschichte der deutschen U Boote in Indonesien auseinander setzt.
Link (ist auf Englisch): http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/28/your-letters-the-history-u-boats-java-sea.html
Da ich nicht weiss, ob ich den gesamten Inhalt im Hinblick auf Copyright Verletzungen posten darf hier nur Auszüge:
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The Japanese occupation of today’s Indonesia under Admiral Maeda permitted Germany to establish three naval bases, namely at Surabaya, Tanjung Priok and in Singapore.
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In 1943 and 1944, 42 German U-boats were dispatched to the East Asian waters. U-180 suffered leaking on two occasions.
Only 13 boats avoided being sunk. Eleven of the “monsoon boats” had reached Jakarta: Of these, five now rest on the seabed. On Oct. 5, 1944, U-168 under Lt. Capt. Pich sailed from Jakarta to Surabaya.
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the boat was torpedoed by the Dutch submarine, HNLMS Zwaardvfisch, under the command of Captain van Goosen, which operated from Australia.
U-168 descended to 45 meters. Twenty-nine men in the forecastle were lost. Under the guidance of the captain, 11 men from the control panel were able to escape from this dangerous depth. When they got to the surface they found 16 other surviving shipmates who had been on deck. Suddenly the Dutch boat showed up and took all on board.
This must be recognized as an outstanding achievement by Captain van Goosen because his boat was in enemy waters,
... a submarine was not obliged to rescue enemy sailors and take them on board
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The brave Dutch commander even sent the 23 rescued sailors boats back to the nearby Javanese coast
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Captain Van Goosen kept Lt. Capt. Pich, three other officers and a wounded man on board and brought them to Australia to be held as POWs.
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On the same day the Japanese took over the two remaining U-boats stationed here, U-195 in Surabaya and U-215 in Jakarta, because the base manager at Jakarta, Korvettenkapitaen Dr. Kandeler, did not comply with the request of Japanese Admiral Maeda, keep fighting on the Japanese side.
Because the Japanese were not able to operate the German U-boats, they sank Surabaya’s U-195 in the Java Sea and by opening all the valves.
This German U-boat U-195 is undamaged and with no corpses surrounding the wreck. I propose to raise it and make it an official heritage monument of World War II for the public in Surabaya.
Two former members of the boat crew are still alive. The fate of Jakarta’s U-215 is unknown.
Herwig Zahorka
Bogor, West Java
Gruß,
Andy