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The untold story of one of the greatest maritime tragedies of World War II. - cover.
The full story of the worst of all sea tragedies, the sinking of the German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea by a Russian submarine. At least seven thousand military personnel and civilians in flight from the avenging Red army perished.
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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into thin air and Sebastian Junger's The perfect storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery - and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory effects, navigating through wreckage...
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"Four miles out to sea, three feet below the seabed, lay the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley, lost without a trace on 17 February 1864 after sinking USS Housatonic. Discovered in 1995, a race began to protect this pioneering example of American technical ingenuity from potential looting and destruction. A Navy-led team of archaeologists and engineers developed a plan to excavate and raise the vessel under challenging conditions off the coast of South...
16) Das Boot
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Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.
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