MV Wilhelm Gustloff
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MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship, which was taking part in Operation Hannibal, when it was sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on 30 January 1945. At the time, it w
Wilhelm Gustloff as a hospital ship, before being converted into an armed military transport. Docked in Danzig, 23 September 1939.
Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940
Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940
German soldiers wounded at Narvik being transported to Germany on Wilhelm Gustloff in July 1940.
Operation Hannibal
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Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to Ma
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
…MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship, which was taking part in Operation Hannibal, when it was sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on 30 January 1945. At the time, it was evacuating civilians and German military personnel…
Evacuation boats crossing the Baltic Sea
Civilians evacuating from Pillau by sea, January 1945
Refugees from Pillau embarking on a ship
Civilians fleeing the besieged city of Königsberg on board the seaplane tender Hans Albrecht Wedel