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This work describes the dramatic events of the sinking of the "Laconia" and the subsequent largest rescue operation in naval war history. At the same time, it is the biography of the submarine commander and Knight's Cross holder Werner Hartenstein, who revealed deeply human traits not only in this rescue operation, to which ARD is dedicating one of the largest television productions of the post-war period, when he risked the safety of his own boat, that of his crew and his own life to save shipwrecked people.
When U-156 under the command of Corvette Captain Werner Hartenstein sank two torpedoes on 12 September 1942 at the height of the submarine war off the west coast of Africa, it was the first U-boat to be sunk. September 1942, U-156 fired two torpedoes at the British troopship "Laconia", manned by over 3,000 people, and sank the ship, no one had any idea what was to follow.
After it was discovered on U-156 that the ship also contained women, children and prisoners of war, Werner Hartenstein, under the impression of the unfolding catastrophe, initiated a rescue operation unparalleled in the history of naval warfare.
When U-156 under the command of Corvette Captain Werner Hartenstein sank two torpedoes on 12 September 1942 at the height of the submarine war off the west coast of Africa, it was the first U-boat to be sunk. September 1942, U-156 fired two torpedoes at the British troopship "Laconia", manned by over 3,000 people, and sank the ship, no one had any idea what was to follow.
After it was discovered on U-156 that the ship also contained women, children and prisoners of war, Werner Hartenstein, under the impression of the unfolding catastrophe, initiated a rescue operation unparalleled in the history of naval warfare.
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- Author
- Röll, Hans-Joachim
- Title
- U 156, Werner Hartenstein und die Versenkung der "Laconia". Die größte Rettungsaktion von Schiffbrüchigen in der Seekriegsgeschichte
- Details
- 124 bw-illustr. Würzburg: Verlagshaus Würzburg 2010. 238 pp. 238 pp.
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