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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: Chainmail
The Lancastria was the largest loss of life from a single engagement in World War Two and is also the largest loss of life in British maritime history - greater than the Titanic and Lusitania combined.

The wording can be taken either way, but I get your point.

4 posted on 06/13/2015 7:41:30 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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“The Lancastria was the largest loss of life from a single engagement in World War Two”

this is wrong unless author claims he made an error and meant to say something else.


8 posted on 06/13/2015 7:49:19 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (-Connecticut Republicanism is a mental disorder. - Ann C.)
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