Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War by Hendley, Nate

Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked...
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Author: Nate Hendley
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Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War by Hendley, Nate

Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

€31,23

Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

€31,23
Author: Nate Hendley
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Nate Hendley
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781459751347

About the Author
Nate Hendley is a journalist and author of several books, primarily on crime-related subjects. His book, The Beatle Bandit (about a murderous 1964 bank heist) won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Non-Fiction in 2022. He lives in Toronto.

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