| Entry Text: | DUFFY, James P. The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-boat War: Disaster in the mid-Atlantic. 129p., bibliog., illus., index. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2009. ISBN: 9780275993641.
Documents the controversial 1942 sinking of the liner and the rescue operations that were initiated by the same German U-Boat that fired the torpedoes. Details the moral and procedural complexities of confrontations between military and merchant forces, especially in regards to ships such as the Laconia, transporting POWs and operating under the flags of the Red Cross. The consequences of the sinking, which resulted in indictments at the Nuremburg Trials, are also analysed. |
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