par calpe Jeu 24 Mar 2016 - 18:39
Le U69 était baptisé La Vache qui rit.
Pas la Walkirye... ;-)
Voici le lien wikepédia En Englais
Mais à la fin du texte nous avons : (j'ai mis en gras les principales infos)
U-69 was unusual in in that she had two ships' emblems. The first, adopted on commissioning, was chosen by her first commander,
Metzler. This consisted of the word Horrido (Tally-Ho) and the three two-flag signal groups for the letters L M A, a reference to Gotz von Berlichingen’s famous scatological retort.[12] The second came about when the 7th flotilla adopted Prien’s bull emblem as its flotilla insignia.
U-69's new first officer, who had not seen the insignia before, found a picture of a cow on a French cheese box, and had that painted on the conning tower, complete with the motto on the box
"la vache qui rit" (the laughing cow). When Metzler saw it, he decided to keep it, as it raised a laugh with all who saw it, and the crew adopted the slogan as a war-cry;
U-69 thereafter became known as the "laughing cow".[13]
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