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pp. 269, “On June 17, 1940, just after the Dunkirk evacuation had supposedly ended in success, several thousand of the many British troops still left in France boarded a five-decked cruise liner called the Lancastria. Right after they boarded, the ship was dive-bombed by the German Luftwaffe, and a short time later the 17,000-ton Lancastria sank. German fighter planes strafed the oil slick sea, setting it ablaze as British troops banded together singing ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ in the hopes of mustering any hope that still remained. In the end, with 4,000 soldiers, women, and children dead — with some estimates as high as 6,000 — the disaster would eclipse that of both the Lusitania and the Titanic.”
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| ISBN | 0743259300 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780743259309 | |
| Number of pages | 269 | |
| Original Title | The Sinking of the Lancastria: The Twentieth Century's Deadliest Naval Disaster and Churchill's Plot to Make It Disappear | |
| Published Date | 2005 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | London | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Military History | |
| Author: | Jonathan Fenby | |
| Publisher: | Simon and Schuster |
pp. 269, “On June 17, 1940, just after the Dunkirk evacuation had supposedly ended in success, several thousand of the many British troops still left in France boarded a five-decked cruise liner called the Lancastria. Right after they boarded, the ship was dive-bombed by the German Luftwaffe, and a short time later the 17,000-ton Lancastria sank. German fighter planes strafed the oil slick sea, setting it ablaze as British troops banded together singing ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ in the hopes of mustering any hope that still remained. In the end, with 4,000 soldiers, women, and children dead — with some estimates as high as 6,000 — the disaster would eclipse that of both the Lusitania and the Titanic.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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