"Under Ten Flags" is a really amazing true-life story that would make a great subject for a movie. But the one that was made is horribly executed. Consider: During the early days of World War II, before America entered the conflict, a single German merchant ship was converted into the Atlantis — a stealth weapon that singlehandedly destroyed 22 enemy boats. It did so by disguising itself as a harmless fellow merchant vessel, taking its targets by surprise so they rarely even had a chance to get off a radio signal — capturing and/or sinking them with no warning and very little bloodshed. Allied forces and the mighty British navy pursued this "ghost ship" for more than a year, but the brilliant German captain outwitted them again and again.
Under Ten Flags (1960)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
"Under Ten Flags" is a really amazing true-life story that would make a great subject for a movie. But the one that was made is horribly executed. Consider: During the early days of World War II, before America entered the conflict, a single German merchant ship was converted into the Atlantis — a stealth weapon that singlehandedly destroyed 22 enemy boats. It did so by disguising itself as a harmless fellow merchant vessel, taking its targets by surprise so they rarely even had a chance to get off a radio signal — capturing and/or sinking them with no warning and very little bloodshed. Allied forces and the mighty British navy pursued this "ghost ship" for more than a year, but the brilliant German captain outwitted them again and again.