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PFC · 14-07-2007, 08:21 AM

Some of the U-boat comanders became were famous in Russia.
Like Capt. A.Marinesko - Hero of the Soviet Union.

On January 30 1945 followed the heroic deed - the "torpedo attack of the century", the sinking of the big ship "Wilhelm Gustloff".

The Wilhelm Gustloff was evacuating mostly civilians, and there are different opinions about this hit, ranging from praise to accusations of a war crime. Defenders of Marinesko maintain that the ship was armed, was not marked adequately as a hospital ship and was carrying more than 1,000 military forces, including submarine trainees, female naval auxiliary aides, crews serving several anti-aircraft guns on the ship, Croat volunteers: ergo strictly within in the law it passes as a legal military target.

14-07-2007, 08:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
PFC Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	Russian U-boats Some of the U-boat comanders became were famous in Russia. Like Capt. A.Marinesko - Hero of the Soviet Union. On January 30 1945 followed the heroic deed - the "torpedo attack of the century", the sinking of the big ship "Wilhelm Gustloff". The Wilhelm Gustloff was evacuating mostly civilians, and there are different opinions about this hit, ranging from praise to accusations of a war crime. Defenders of Marinesko maintain that the ship was armed, was not marked adequately as a hospital ship and was carrying more than 1,000 military forces, including submarine trainees, female naval auxiliary aides, crews serving several anti-aircraft guns on the ship, Croat volunteers: ergo strictly within in the law it passes as a legal military target.