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joegrundman · 08-09-07, 06:48 AM

Sorry to reopen this old thread.

When playing GWX you get this message shortly after war breaks out in 1939

"1939/09/03|U-BOAT WARFARE AGAINST SHIPPING IS AT PRESENT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL RULES. ATTACKS ARE TO BE AIMED AT SHIPS WHICH, BY THE PROTOCOL, MAY BE SUNK WITHOUT WARNING: 1.TROOPSHIPS, I.E. VESSELS WHICH ARE OBSERVED TO BE CARRYING TROOPS OR WAR MATERIAL, OR WHICH MAY BE IDENTIFIED IN OTHER WAYS. 2.ANY VESSEL ESCORTED BY ENEMY WARSHIPS OR AIRCRAFT. 3.VESSELS TAKING PART IN ENEMY ACTIONS OR ACTING IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF ENEMY OPERATIONS."

Seems to me that according to item 2, neutral US merchants headed to Britain as part of a British escorted convoy are totally fair game and shouldn't be penalised at all.

Is this how it worked historically?

08-09-07, 06:48 AM	#28
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Sorry to reopen this old thread. When playing GWX you get this message shortly after war breaks out in 1939 "1939/09/03\|U-BOAT WARFARE AGAINST SHIPPING IS AT PRESENT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL RULES. ATTACKS ARE TO BE AIMED AT SHIPS WHICH, BY THE PROTOCOL, MAY BE SUNK WITHOUT WARNING: 1.TROOPSHIPS, I.E. VESSELS WHICH ARE OBSERVED TO BE CARRYING TROOPS OR WAR MATERIAL, OR WHICH MAY BE IDENTIFIED IN OTHER WAYS. 2.ANY VESSEL ESCORTED BY ENEMY WARSHIPS OR AIRCRAFT. 3.VESSELS TAKING PART IN ENEMY ACTIONS OR ACTING IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF ENEMY OPERATIONS." Seems to me that according to item 2, neutral US merchants headed to Britain as part of a British escorted convoy are totally fair game and shouldn't be penalised at all. Is this how it worked historically? __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill