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The Laconia Incident

The Laconia Incident

Masters, Gene

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN10: 1734675012
ISBN13: 9781734675016
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Mar 29 2020
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
It's mid-September 1942. A German U-boat, U-156, sinks a converted British ocean liner, HMT Laconia, with just two torpedoes. The captain of the sub is horrified to discover that the troop transport he has just sunk was carrying 1,800 Italian POWs, along with British and Polish passengers and crew.Why the sub captain chooses to launch an operation to rescue his surviving Italian allies is perfectly understandable. But why he also chooses to rescue the British and Polish survivors is truly a mystery. How and why he pursues the rescue while convincing the German U-boat command and Adolph Hitler to go along with it is an even more illogical conundrum.This then is the basis for The Laconia Incident, a story with complex ramifications that just go to show that truth, indeed, is stranger than fiction. Read this amazing account and learn the facts behind the apparent fiction. The answers will intrigue and amaze you!This is author Gene Masters second historical novel. His first work, Silent Warriors: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific, rips the cover off the misunderstood world of undersea battle, and shows it in a way it's never been seen before.

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