Cruellest Night : Germany's Dunkirk and the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
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She was a refugee ship, a troop transport and a hospital ship. She was carrying 8,000 men, woman and children away from the rampagaing Russian army in an evacuation that has beome known as the 'German Dunkirk'. And she was heading for the grimmest and most horrifying disaster in naval history.
TitleThe Cruellest Night : Germany's Dunkirk and the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherArrow Books Ltd
Year of publication1980
Period20th century
Pagination223 p.
IllustrationsIllus., black and white photos
Dimensions11 x 18 cm
Materialbook
Class numberD772.3 1980
ISBN0-09-9230402
NotesThe Brunel Institute
Subjectshipping, passenger ships, naval history, shipwrecks, Germany