Skip to content

submarinebooks.com

New used and rare Navy books

  • Navy Book Store
  • New Navy Books
  • Used Hardback Books
  • Used Paperback Books
  • Bargain Books Under $10
  • Rare Navy Books
  • Submarine Books
  • Navy Fiction Books
  • Naval News
    • Interview: Forest J. Sterling
  • U.S. Navy Ship and Submarine Losses
    • U.S. Carrier and Cruiser Losses
    • U.S. Submarine Losses
  • Terms / Conditions
  • Contact Us
    • About Us

The Laconia Affair – By Leonce Peillard

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laconia

“The LACONIA AFFAIR” By Leonce Peillard. On the night of September 12, 1942, the German submarine U-156 finds the passenger liner RMS Laconia cruising off the west coast of Africa. The British troopship was carrying 463 officers and crew, 80 civilians, 286 British Army soldiers, 1,793 Italian POW’s and 103 Polish soldiers totaling over 2,700 lives. Late that night German Commander Hartenstein decided to sink the liner using two torpedoes. After the sinking, Hartenstein discovers the Laconia was transporting Italian POW’s to Canada. The U-boat commander then makes a fateful decision to rescue the survivors, defying Hitler’s strict orders to leave them on the sea. Thus begins a daring and true World War II story that would rock the World. Paperback edition, 232 pages with countless illustrations and 4 maps. No photos or index.

Good Cond. $10.95

 

Other books of interest:

They Came To Kill

Black Flag

Black May

The Destruction Of Convoy PQ-17

Grey Wolf, Grey Sea

The Hunters And The Hunted

Iron Coffins – paperback edition

The Laconia Affair

Lone Wolf

MEMOIRS: Ten Years And Twenty Days

Night Raider Of The Atlantic

Operation Drumbeat

The Royal Oak Disaster

The Sea Wolves

Seizing The Enigma

Sharks & Little Fish

Torpedo Junction

U-505

U-Boat 977

U-Boats At War

U-Boat Commander

The U-Boat Offensive 1914 – 1945

U-Boats Offshore

BeFrugal.com Cash Back

God Bless America

Website designed and developed by RickClinePhotography.com

Copyright © 2021 submarinebooks.com | Design by ThemesDNA.com