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Originally Posted by PFC  Some of the U-boat comanders became were famous in Russia.
Like Capt. A.Marinesko - Hero of the Soviet Union. |
Not only him.
Btw, he became the Hero of the Soviet Union only after his death. In 1990, if I'm correct
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On January 30 1945 followed the heroic deed - the "torpedo attack of the century", the sinking of the big ship "Wilhelm Gustloff".
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Not only. In the same days he also sank "General Stoiben" with ~4,000 on board.
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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.
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"Gustloff" was going inside the convoy, so in any case it was legitime target. And it had no any lights, if I remember this sotry correctly.
so, nothing to argue.
Nazis were sinking ships even if they carried giant red crosses on board.
Regards,
Alex