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2005-06-19 Britain

British troopship bell lands in French cemetery

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Posted by too true 2005-06-19 07:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This restores our perspective a little. The Lancastria sinking was worse than 9-11, yet it is just a footnote in most World War 2 histories.

It wasn't even the war's worst maritime disaster, that was the German liner Wilhelm Gustlof, sunk by a Soviet submarine in the Baltic during the final days of the war. More than 7000 people perished in that one, yet it, too, is relatively little-known against the backdrop of that immense struggle.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-06-19 18:04|| 2005-06-19 18:04|| Front Page Top

#2 The HMT Lancastria Association

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-06-19 18:13|| 2005-06-19 18:13|| Front Page Top

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