Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia Tougias Michael J.
Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia Tougias Michael J. A remarkable World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven…
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Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the Laconia Tougias Michael J.
A remarkable World War II account of a maritime attack off the West African coast, for fans of Steven Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman.On September 12, 1942, the RMS Laconia was attacked by a German submarine 500 miles off the coast of western Africa. When the Germans realized their mistake, they made the unprecedented decision to rescue all survivors regardless of their nationality, attempting to declare the waters a neutral zone. What the Germans didn't know was that they had just attacked their allies: locked below decks on the British ship were nearly 1,800 Italian prisoners of war.
Some of those who remained alive endured weeks adrift at sea, fighting for survival with little water or food, and But when an American bomber flew over the humanitarian effort, he was ordered to drop bombs, contributing to the deaths of many Italian POWs and British civilians in the process.
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