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Okay so this would be a “Third Reich boat”? Because the nation wasn’t really anything resembling “Germany” at that point.
by tatersolid 7y ago
Okay so this would be a “Third Reich boat”? Because the nation wasn’t really anything resembling “Germany” at that point.
- close04 7y agoThe country was officially called Germany (original "Deutsches Reich/Großdeutsches Reich") at that point. In English it was called "Nazi Germany" to represent Germany over the '33-'45 period but that sounds as accurate as calling US now "Republican USA" (insert ideology here). Nazism is an ideology and it was never an official part of the country's name. People use it to easily distinguish periods but it doesn't make the naming any more accurate. So I'd guess "German Army", "German Navy", "German Air Force" if you want to use translated names. Otherwise "Heer", "Kriegsmarine", "Luftwaffe" if you want the originals. Or generically "Wehrmacht". Nitpicking, I know, but there is some substance to the point.
- dmurray 7y agoIt was officially called the German Empire or Greater German Empire, and the usual adjective was "German". So normally this would be a "German boat". In the same way, for example, the HMS Belfast would be a "British ship" even if it was built outside Britain or some of its crew came from the rest of the British Empire.