8 of The Best Podcast Episodes for Wilhelm Gustloff. A collection of podcasts episodes with or about Wilhelm Gustloff, often where they are interviewed.
8 of The Best Podcast Episodes for Wilhelm Gustloff. A collection of podcasts episodes with or about Wilhelm Gustloff, often where they are interviewed.
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Mehr als 9.000 Menschen sterben 1945 beim Untergang der "Wilhelm Gustloff" in der Ostsee. Das Hamburger Passagierschiff wurde von russischen Torpedos abgeschossen.
In the last months of World War II, German forces were in full retreat from Eastern Europe. German commanders decided they had no choice but to evacuate Courland in East Prussia. The last remaining route for escape was through the Baltic; and so the Germans launched Operation Hannibal. It would be the largest evacuation by sea in history. On the night of January 30th, the luxury cruiser, Wilhelm Gustloff was loaded down with more than 10,000 civilians and military personnel when it came within firing range of a Soviet submarine.