Operation Deadlight included sinking captured German Type XXIII submarines such as U-2329, U-2334 and U-2335. In this interpretation, the Polish crew's dissatisfaction with Soviet behaviour in Poland helped explain why they were entrusted with destroying captured assets. Sinking those vessels removed them from the postwar division of the spoils and prevented their future use by others. The duty may have felt like a bittersweet end to the crew's service, an inference about their feelings rather than a quoted recollection.
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Piorun's Polish crew and Operation Deadlight
The destruction of captured submarines is connected with the Polish crew's concerns about Soviet behaviour in postwar Poland.