What would happen if German U Boat men got lost in a storm & discovered the famed Amazon women?

[Aura]

I hope you didn't mind me asking the above? I'm doing a college project for my creative writing course which is copyrighted, and I wanted to do something a bit different from the norm. I know that many U-=Boat crews had beards as water was strictly for drinking only.

Would the men go mad on seeing the women or would they behave like gentlemen? Also what would the women make of the men and their strange ways? Many thanks.

[Androcles]

Creative writing? Looks more like you ought to be calling for the men in white coats! Just keep taking the tablets and maybe you won't see the little green men in their flying saucers............... And watch out or the piranha will have ya!

[Lil O'lady]

Can I book second row stalls for this please?

[dot.hawkes]

I don;lt think there would be any reason for a U boat yo have been anywhere near the amazon and I doubt they could get that far, it would have to be one heck of a storm, though of cource you could get readers to totally suspend their belief and make it I time travel thing

( where was the Lucitania sunk?)

[Aura]

Why is it that I get all the wierdo's who don't know what to say. If you don't know the answer, then don't waste time and forum space by typing. leave it to the one's who actually have a sensible answer. Thank you.

[Aura]

dot.hawkes hi mate I meant the Amazons of Greek mythology who were ruled by Penthisilia and Hypaloita. I think the Luisitania was sank in the Noth Sea or the Atlantic.

[Androcles]

If you want a sensible answer then ask a sensible question. What is your basic hypothesis? You start off by talking about U boat men having beards because they were short of water and then jump into them meeting up with mythical women and asking a question about how they would behave in a totally off the wall situation.

I suggest your "creative idea" suggests your project is more about fantasising than being serious, so why criticise fantasy answers?

[dot.hawkes]

I think it was the north sea or the atlantic too, but as they were heading to the states i will go for the atlantic, plus, if they were in greek mythology my time travel thing stioll stands, and i am not wierd as it goes

[jno]

from wikipedia:
when the USA entered the war the U-boats ranged from the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Arctic to the west and southern African coasts and even as far east as Penang. It is even rumored that one German U-boat managed to make it all the way down to Galveston Bay, Texas.

So no reason they wouldn't get to Amazon country, wherever it is.

But maybe the question you should be asking is what would happen to the sailors. The women tended to kill men who came visiting.

Anyway, go for it, that's what creative writing is for

[gettinblurry]

I don't know what would happen exactly - but I'm pretty sure that Doug McClure would save the day in the end ;)

[mariner2]

I give up, what's the punchline?

[saintjohnny]

In creative writing, you really don't need to worry about historical accuracy too much. As a matter of fact, as has been pointed out, U-Boats did indeed roam far and wide, and the mouth of the Amazon is pretty wide, so I don't see any problem with your U-Boat captain (perhaps a sensitive, thoughtful soul who only ever wanted a simple job as a fisherman but was so skilled at Naval College he kept being promoted against his will - he doesn't care much about the war but recognises that he has a duty to look after his men) steering the sub to safety, but beaching it deep in the rainforest.

You should make a great deal of the crew's initial reactions to their new environment as they emerge, blinking and nervous into the humid, steaming air of the rainforest. The chatter of exotic birds in the trees far above, the strange, unidentified noises from the greenery. The shiver of panic at the slightest glimpse of an animal. Look up animals and birds of the Amazon - it will help you with your imagery.

You're absolutely right about the beards. Fresh water on baord a U-Boat would be a vital resource and shaving was probably limited to once a week at most. Then again, how about the men start off clean shaven but start growing beards as they begin to leave their old lives behind and become more in tune with the rainforest and its ways....a metaphor for transformation and renewal?

I'm taking your "Amazons" to be the race of warrior women living in the Brazilian rainforest of the same name, rather than the Ancient Greek girls, and legend suggests that they were pretty fierce towards outsiders. I would suggest a couple of gory deaths at first - spears through windpipes as the women react in a hostile way to the Germans (but only to minor or unlikeable characters - maybe one of the men is a fanatical Nazi - he can go!) but the Amazons soon realise that they have a valuable resource at their disposal -healthy males!

Good

[Aura]

Good evening saintjohnny :)

Thanks for your input which was verty interesting. The Amazons I am writing about are not the one's that live in the rain forest, but the legendary Greek Girls who's queen was Penthasilia who died at the battle of Troy. They were hostile towards men which is true but i have a little twist to this story. Some U-Boats were sent through the heavily garded Straits of Gibraltar, and some did get through but not many. Sixty years ago there may have been uncharted islands in the Med, have included a vid to show what I mean. Hope I don't get any nasty comments. Take care mate, and thanks you :)