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To: the scotsman

Actually the torpedoing of the Wilhelm Gustloff led to the death of over 9000.


2 posted on 06/13/2015 7:37:26 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

But that wasn’t a “British Maritime Loss” was it?


3 posted on 06/13/2015 7:38:40 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Correct. Soviet sub sank the Wilhelm Gustloff—as many as 9,400 people were killed on 1/30/45:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff

Largest loss of life in the sinking of a ship in history.


6 posted on 06/13/2015 7:43:43 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I was just about to bring that up. I’m thinking too that that was the only Soviet action by one of their subs in the whole of WW2 - I could be mistaken (maybe).


14 posted on 06/13/2015 8:10:51 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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