The Forgotten Maritime Tragedy That Was 6 Times Deadlier Than the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic may be the most infamous naval disaster in history, and the torpedoing of the Lusitania the most infamous in wartime. But with death counts of about 1,500 and 1,200 respectively, both are dwarfed by what befell the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German ocean liner that was taken down by a Soviet sub on Jan. 30, 1945, killing 9,343 people--most of them war refugees, about 5,000 of them children. |
Salt to the Sea: How the Wilhelm Gustloff Was Sunk
Joe Mobley
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