Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War
Year: 2024 Language: English Author: Nate Hendley Genre: History Publisher: Dundurn Press Edition: March, 2024 ISBN: 9781459751361 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 240 Description: How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage. On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle ― an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military ― was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued. The sinking of the Llandovery Castle was adjudicated at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials, an attempt to establish justice after hostilities ceased. The Llandovery Castle case resulted in a historic legal precedent that guided subsequent war crime prosecutions, including the Nuremberg Trials. Atrocity on the Atlantic explores the Llandovery Castle sinking, the people impacted by the attack, and the reasons why this wartime atrocity was largely forgotten. Additional info: AudioBook:
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Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War
Language: English
Author: Nate Hendley
Genre: History
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Edition: March, 2024
ISBN: 9781459751361
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 240
Description: How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage.
On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle ― an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military ― was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine.
Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued.
The sinking of the Llandovery Castle was adjudicated at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials, an attempt to establish justice after hostilities ceased. The Llandovery Castle case resulted in a historic legal precedent that guided subsequent war crime prosecutions, including the Nuremberg Trials.
Atrocity on the Atlantic explores the Llandovery Castle sinking, the people impacted by the attack, and the reasons why this wartime atrocity was largely forgotten.
Additional info: AudioBook:
Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War - Nate Hendley [Adam Barr, 2024]
Author: Nate Hendley | Performer: Adam Barr | Year: 2024 | Language: English | Genre: History | Publisher: Tantor Audio | Audio codec: Mp3 @ 64 kbps
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