9781871615685 - The Sinking of the "Laconia": A Tragedy in the Battle of the Atlantic de Grossmith, F.T. (7 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Glazed Boards. Condición: VG. 1st. The story of the sinking of the British troop-ship Laconia by U-Boats in 1942 with the loss of 2000 lives and the subsequent 'Laconia Order' from Admiral Donitz. 236pp, well illustrated. VG copy in glazed boards.

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Some staining of cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardback. Condición: Mint. First Edition. This mint copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, A dust wrapper is not called for. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In terms of loss of life, the sinking of the Cunard liner Laconia by a U-boat in 1942 is the second-worst Allied maritime disaster of the war, but the remarkable fact of this gripping tale is the heroic rescue attempt initiated by the submarine captain, Werner Hartenstein, after he had sunk the ship, when he realised she had been carrying 1800 Italian prisoners of war. Once initiated, however, he made no distinction of nationality, he just tried to help everyone. He was at risk of Allied attack while doing so, because the thinking of the time was that, if any opportunity arose to sink a submarine, it had to be done regardless of the circumstances. Indeed, U-156 did attack more ships after the incident. Hartenstein declared the area of the sinking a neutral zone. Germany sent three submarines. Vichy France sent warships from West Africa (at risk of Allied attack). Italy sent a submarine. Britain did nothing, and America sent a Liberator bomber to attack the rescuers. Passengers who had been rescued and were being towed by the submarine were thrown back into the sea when the submarine submerged to escape. She surfaced an hour later and the crew did what they could for the survivors, but those lifeboats which had originally been saved now started a long, horrible, journey to Africa on their own, with most of their passengers dying of thirst on the way. Nevertheless, the other submarines and the French ships completed the mission and a thousand lives were saved. Some two thousand were lost. This was the last time in the entire history of the sea when a submarine tried to help its own victims. Admiral Dönitz made what is called 'The Laconia Order', prohibiting further rescue attempts. It is difficult to imagine a more pivotal and important event which had been almost entirely ignored by maritime historians until Fred Grossmith researched the story in the early 1990s. Ref X 2.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 236 pages, short 4to, profusely illustrated with black & white photographs, includes index and bibliography, some light shelfwear to the cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Condición: new.