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by nradov 2271 days ago
In theory they're supposed to, but that kind of went out the window since WW2.
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hanoz 2271 days ago
Notably after a US bomber knowingly attacked a surfaced U-boat carrying survivors of the RMS Laconia on its foredeck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident

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karatestomp 2271 days ago
IIRC uboats were only “supposed” to sink ships if they could aid in rescuing the crew and passengers after... but gave that policy up when the Allies kept attacking them with aircraft while they were conducting rescue operations.
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perl4ever 2270 days ago
Did u-boats typically even have the capacity to transport the number of people on the ships they sank?
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