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Gefallen Engel U-666
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Welcome back, duce_de_zoop!
...sink the liner! Liners were used in WWII as troop-transport because of their high speed capacity to avoid U-boats, and immense capacity to carry thousands of soldiers at a time to various debarcation points for offensives in North Africa and, eventually, the D-day invasion. http://nauticalnotebook.com/jun12-wa...%20sink%20them. ...a primary case in point: https://maritimearchaeologytrust.org...-Burns-WEB.pdf
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763 American soldiers lost their lives, and 493 bodies were never recovered. 56 of the crew also died,
including the Captain, totalling 819. Survivors were instructed not to divulge details and soldiers were
told that they would lose their GI benefits as civilians if they did so.
News of the sinking was censored at the time, and British documents were classified until 1996.
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