Steel Ships, Iron Crosses, and Refugees
The German Navy in the Baltic, 1939-1945
Steel Ships, Iron Crosses, and Refugees documents the German navy's role in the Baltic, including the final epic amphibious lift in the Baltic and the world's two largest maritime disasters. The small German Navy and Merchant Marines evacuated over 2,000,000 refugees, wounded, and troops by sea, without adequate air support and while under Russian fire. During the evacuation, the torpedoing of Wilhelm Gustaloff and GOYA alone resulted in the loss of 12,000 lives. The magnitude of the loss is overwhelming when compared to Titanic (1,500 dead) and Lusitania (1,200 dead). Yet at the end, one out of every 20 West Germans was free because of this…
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- ISBN: 978-0-275-93260-2
- EAN: 9780275932602
- Produktnummer: 1483102
- Verlag: Praeger
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.3 cm 413 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 413
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