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Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Episode 164: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

Disaster Area · Disaster Area

April 28, 20211h 41m

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Show Notes

The deadliest shipwreck of all time took place on a cold January night in 1945, when a recommissioned German cruise ship carrying thousands of East Prussian refugees to safety in the west didn't notice the long slim Soviet sub following them in the icy Baltic waters until it was far too late.