Torpedoed : The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" Hardback
by Deborah Heiligman
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Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB.
In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada.
On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers.
When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares.
What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable of - the worst, and the best.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages, b/w photos
- Publisher:Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Publication Date:01/11/2019
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- ISBN:9781627795548
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages, b/w photos
- Publisher:Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Publication Date:01/11/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781627795548