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The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II

byRobert Watson

Robert P. Watson recounts the strange wartime career of the German liner Cap Arcona, once a symbol of Nazi maritime prestige. The ship served propaganda, military, and evacuation purposes before becoming a floating prison for concentration-camp inmates in the final days of World War II. British aircraft, unaware of the prisoners aboard, attacked and sank it in May 1945, killing thousands. Watson reconstructs the decisions and confusion behind the disaster, connecting luxury travel, dictatorship, forced labor, and friendly fire in an almost forgotten tragedy at the chaotic collapse of the Third Reich.

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Publication date

Sep 05, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9780306825439