Death in the Baltic - Cathryn J. Prince

The World War II sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff"

KORTE INHOUD

The untold story of the worst maritime disaster.
In the final days of Word War II, German civilians were in a panic. The Third Reich was in free fall and the Allied forces were closing in from all directions.With the Red Army quickly advancing from the East, Berlin planned an eleven-hour exodus for upwards of 10.000 women, children and the elderly using a former cruis ship, the "Wilhelm Gustloff". Sent off into the icy waters of the Baltic Sea on January 30, 1945, they were soon found and fired upon by Soviet Navy submarines. The ship sank that night, takung an estimated 9.400 victims to their deaths - six times the number lost on the "Titanic". Yet despite the magnitude of this disaster, both East and West kept the story hidden for nearly 70 years..
2014Taal: Engelszie alle details...

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2014Uitgever: St. Martin's Press236 paginasTaal: Engels